Table 1.
Self-Reported Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Female Respondents (n = 1703)
| Na | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | ||
| Age in years | ||
| Mean ageb | 70.9 | ±0.3 |
| 65 years or older | 1345 | 75.6 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 692 | 79.2 |
| African American | 180 | 10.9 |
| Hispanic | 113 | 7.2 |
| Other | 25 | 2.7 |
| Education level | ||
| Less than high school | 194 | 16.1 |
| High school or equivalent | 266 | 27.3 |
| Some college | 342 | 34.6 |
| Bachelor's or more | 214 | 22.1 |
| Married or living with a partner | 1051 | 58.6 |
| Clinical characteristic | ||
| Self-reported health | ||
| Poor | 78 | 4.3 |
| Fair | 343 | 18.2 |
| Good | 583 | 34.3 |
| Very good | 496 | 29.9 |
| Excellent | 199 | 13.2 |
| Comorbid conditions | ||
| Diabetes | 381 | 20.1 |
| Congestive heart failure | 63 | 15.7 |
| Hypertension | 1057 | 57.8 |
| Cancer other than skin | 184 | 10.8 |
| Arthritis | 684 | 38.9 |
| Number of live births | ||
| 0 | 111 | 8.0 |
| 1 | 164 | 11.6 |
| 2 | 390 | 29.4 |
| 3+ | 755 | 51.1 |
| Past hysterectomy | 210 | 20.3 |
| Urinary incontinence in past 12 months | ||
| None | 819 | 46.4 |
| A few times a year | 197 | 13.0 |
| A few times a month | 222 | 13.3 |
| A few times a week | 227 | 13.5 |
| Every day | 238 | 13.8 |
| Functional difficulty | ||
| Difficulty with at least one ADL | 616 | 34.9 |
| Difficulty with at least one IADL | 972 | 54.1 |
Frequencies given as unweighted; percentages are column percentages and given as weighted.
a
Missing data: n = 8 for race/ethnicity; n = 4 for self-reported health; n = 2 for diabetes; n = 1322 for congestive heart failure; n = 4 for hypertension, n = 1 for other types of cancer; n = 23 for arthritis; n = 283 for parity; n = 488 for past history of hysterectomy.
b
Age reported as mean under column header “N” and standard deviation under column header “%”.
ADL, activity of daily living; IADL, instrumental activity of daily living.