Table 3.
Descriptive Statistics for Latent Subgroups of Delay in the 2011 HCMS and 2013 HCNS Samplesa
| 2011 HCMS sample | 2013 HCNS sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covariates | No delay (n = 2,373) | Limited-access (n = 286) | Busy (n = 107) | Dislike (n = 100) | No delay (n = 1,991) | Limited-access (n = 286) | Busy (n = 97) | Dislike (n = 100) |
| Negative SPA, M (SD) | 2.99 (1.02) | 3.41 (1.03) | 3.02 (1.08) | 3.36 (1.05) | 3.05 (1.00) | 3.54 (1.03) | 3.11 (0.99) | 3.51 (1.08) |
| Age, M (SD) | 68.38 (10.14) | 63.31 (10.42) | 59.71 (7.97) | 62.56 (9.01) | 69.30 (9.61) | 64.18 (9.38) | 60.03 (7.30) | 65.20 (8.87) |
| Female, % | 57.61 | 60.14 | 64.49 | 52.00 | 59.02 | 60.84 | 63.92 | 61.00 |
| Race/ethnicity, %b | ||||||||
| White | 76.86 | 59.44 | 74.77 | 83.00 | 74.38 | 56.29 | 78.35 | 76.00 |
| Black | 13.70 | 20.28 | 9.35 | 9.00 | 14.41 | 21.33 | 10.31 | 11.00 |
| Hispanic | 6.78 | 18.18 | 13.08 | 7.00 | 8.49 | 17.13 | 7.22 | 12.00 |
| Other | 2.65 | 2.10 | 2.80 | 1.00 | 2.71 | 5.24 | 4.12 | 1.00 |
| Educational attainment, %b | ||||||||
| <High school | 12.52 | 20.63 | 8.41 | 14.00 | 14.21 | 24.13 | 3.09 | 15.00 |
| High school | 57.99 | 54.90 | 43.93 | 61.00 | 55.20 | 49.30 | 46.39 | 66.00 |
| ≥ College | 29.50 | 24.48 | 47.66 | 25.00 | 30.59 | 26.57 | 50.52 | 19.00 |
| Living alone, % | 20.56 | 19.93 | 12.15 | 15.00 | 21.60 | 27.97 | 21.65 | 24.00 |
| Total household income (in thousands), M (SD) | 67.45 (74.16) | 49.33 (65.99) | 100.80 (98.79) | 70.57 (76.92) | 62.90 (90.75) | 43.83 (50.44) | 102.67 (114.56) | 44.17 (38.79) |
| Uninsured, % | 4.89 | 13.29 | 10.28 | 9.00 | 5.17 | 17.48 | 9.28 | 18.00 |
| Chronic illnesses, M (SD) | 2.10 (1.42) | 2.34 (1.52) | 1.70 (1.30) | 1.69 (1.53) | 2.29 (1.45) | 2.58 (1.58) | 1.58 (1.53) | 1.99 (1.44) |
| Depressive symptoms, M (SD) | 1.05 (1.66) | 2.31 (2.36) | 1.31 (1.87) | 1.66 (2.18) | 1.09 (1.71) | 2.33 (2.38) | 1.33 (1.59) | 1.66 (2.06) |
| ADL limitations, M (SD) | 0.23 (0.71) | 0.49 (1.04) | 0.12 (0.56) | 0.21 (0.70) | 0.22 (0.68) | 0.46 (1.00) | 0.13 (0.61) | 0.21 (0.46) |
Note: ADL = activities of daily living; HCMS = Health Care Mail Survey; HCNS = Health Care and Nutrition Study; SPA = self-perceptions of aging. Busy = latent subgroup defined primarily by delay due to being too busy to go to the doctor; dislike = latent subgroup defined primarily by delay due to disliking going to the doctor; limited-access = latent subgroup defined primarily by delay due limited health care access.
aUnweighted sample data. bPercentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.