Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of Americans older than 51 years in the health and retirement study by race/ethnicity and gender, 2010
| Full Sample
|
Men
|
Women
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | All | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | All | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | |
| Age*** | 64.1 | 67.7 | 62.1 | 61.5 | 59.9 | 63.4 | 64.0 | 61.4 | 61.3 | 59.1 | 64.6 | 65.3 | 62.6 | 61.7 | 60.7 |
| Education*** | 13.2 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.4 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 13.4 |
| Cognition*** | 15.7 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 15.1 |
| N | 18 982 | 12 373 | 3 636 | 2507 | 466 | 8\061 | 5375 | 1391 | 1078 | 217 | 10 921 | 6 998 | 2245 | 1429 | 249 |
Note: Weighted data and unweighted sample size totals. All three covariates are expressed as averages. Cognition refers to the total cognitive score (0–27). Standard deviations are omitted. Chi-square differences by race/ethnicity for each covariate.
Source: Author’s own elaboration with data from the Health and Retirement Study (2010).
***
Significance: p ≤ 0.001.