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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2016 Oct 24;23(1):57–71. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2016.1246430

Table 1.

Distribution and frequency of propensity score covariates in the unmatched and matched samples according to having an adult child living in the United States.

Unmatched Sample
Matched Sample
Adult child living in the United States Adult child living in the United States
Measure, n (%) No (n = 1936) Yes (n = 673) P-value No (n = 641) Yes (n = 641) P-value
Age, mean (SD) 66.6 (5.5) 66.2 (5.3) 0.09 66.1 (5.4) 66.2 (5.3) 0.67
Gender 0.51 0.77
  Male 809 (73.5) 291 (26.5) 272 (50.5) 267 (49.5)
  Female 1127 (74.7) 382 (25.3) 369 (49.7) 374 (50.3)
Education 0.01 0.72
  0 years 489 (70.3) 207 (29.7) 204 (50.7) 198 (49.3)
  1+ years 1447 (75.6) 466 (24.4) 437 (49.7) 443 (50.3)
Marital status 0.01 0.71
  Not married 673 (77.5) 195 (22.5) 183 (49.2) 189 (50.8)
  Married 1263 (72.5) 478 (27.5) 458 (50.3) 452 (49.7)
Living in urban region <0.01 1.0
  No 564 (62.2) 343 (37.8) 315 (50.0) 315 (50.0)
  Yes 1372 (80.6) 330 (19.4) 326 (50.0) 326 (50.0)
Worked/lived in the United States <0.01 0.65
  No 1811 (77.1) 537 (22.9) 543 (50.3) 537 (49.7)
  Yes 125 (47.9) 136 (52.1) 98 (48.5) 104 (51.5)
Toilet in the home <0.01 0.64
  No 1316 (71.2) 533 (28.8) 496 (49.6) 503 (50.4)
  Yes 620 (81.6) 140 (18.4) 145 (51.2) 138 (48.8)
Head injury 0.72 1.0
  No 1861 (74.1) 649 (25.9) 618 (50.0) 618 (50.0)
  Yes 75 (75.8) 24 (24.2) 46 (50.0) 46 (50.0)

Note: Differences in continuous and dichotomous variables determined using t-test and Chi-square test.

Not married included participants who reported being divorced, separated, or widowed.