Table 6.
Proportion of Older Adults Aged 70 to 79 Working by Race/Ethnicity and Sex in the HRS and Health ABC Studies.
| HRS 1998 |
Health ABC 1997-1998 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 4,986 | p | n = 3,069 | p | |
| Total | 14.7 | 24.3 (746) | ||
| Women | 10.4 | <.0001 | 19.1 (301) | .000 |
| Men | 20.5 | 29.9 (445) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| White | 15.4 | <.0001 | 23.1 (414) | ns |
| Black | 11.3 | 26.0 (332) | ||
| Hispanic | 7.5 | |||
| Other | 16.6 | |||
| Women | ||||
| White | 10.8 | <.0001 | 17.0 (145) | .023 |
| Black | 9.4 | 21.5 (156) | ||
| Hispanic | 4.1 | |||
| Other | 9.5 | |||
| Men | ||||
| White | 21.4 | <.0001 | 28.7 (269) | ns |
| Black | 14.1 | 31.9 (176) | ||
| Hispanic | 12.0 | |||
| Other | 23.9 | |||
Source. National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science; Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study (1997). University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research, Health and Retirement Study (1998).
Note. HRS data are nationally weighted, but Health ABC data are regional and unweighted. The p values are based on cross-tabulations (chi-square tests). HRS = Health and Retirement Survey; Health ABC = Health, Aging, and Body Composition.