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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2014 Oct;40(10):34–46. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20140820-01

Table 1.

Participant Demographics

Variable University (N = 50) NH (N = 37) Test of Sig. Difference

M(SD) % (n) M(SD) % (n) t p χ2 p

Age (years) 19.8 (1.0) -- 81.6 (11.8) -- 36.8 .00 -- --

Gender (Male) -- 34.0 (17) -- 32.4 (12) -- -- 47.2 .00

Education (% completed high school) -- 100.0 (50) -- 89.1 (33) -- -- 5.7 .02

Ethnicity -- -- -- -- -- --
 Not Hispanic or Latino 98.0 (49) 100.0(37)
 Hispanic or Latino 2.0 (1) --

Race -- -- -- -- 12.0 .01
 Caucasian 68.0 (34) 97.3 (36)
 African American 12.0 (6) 2.7 (1)
 Asian 18.0 (9) --
 Other 2.0 (1) --

Marital Status -- -- -- -- 68.4 .00
 Married -- 5.4 (2)
 Divorced/Separated -- 10.8 (4)
 Widowed -- 70.3 (26)
 Never Married 100.0 (50) 13.5 (5)

Religion -- -- -- -- 42.3 .00
 Protestant 22.0 (11) 2.7 (1)
 Catholic 14.0 (7) 5.4 (2)
 Jewish 18.0 (9) 86.5 (32)
 Eastern Orthodox 0 0
 Muslim 0 0
 Other 10.0 (6) 5.4 (2)
 None 36.0 (7) 0