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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Health J. 2016 Feb 13;9(3):524–532. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2016.01.011

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Mexicans Aged 60 or Older by Number of ADL Limitations, 2001–2012

Sociodemographic Characteristics At Baseline (2001) Number of ADL Limitations 2001–2012
0 1–2 3+
Age
 Average (years) 69.4 71.4 76.2 78.4
Gender (%)
 Female 52.7 51.8 60.4 62.5
Education (%)
 0 years of education 32.8 34.1 41.3 49.5
 1–5 years of education 37.4 37.0 39.3 35.8
 6 years of education 14.9 13.9 10.5 10.2
 7 or more years of education 14.9 15.0 8.9 4.5
Marital Status (%)
 Married 59.6 59.4 50.9 45.1
 Unweighted Contributions - 11,762 1,651 585

Note: Unweighted data and sample size totals. Observations based on 5,752 respondents who contributed 1, 2, or 3 times to the sample. Column percentages are used in variables with the percent symbol.

Source: Author’s calculations with data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study27–29.