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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gerontol. 2018 Jun 25;43(3):266–280. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2018.1485812

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of demographics and LFDRS Total and Subscale Scores by financial decisional ability.

Variable Total (N = 200) No Concerns (n = 184) Some/Major Concerns (n = 16) p-value*
M (SD)
or %
M (SD)
or %
M (SD)
or %
Age 71.5 (7.4) 71.1 (7.2) 76.1 (8.2) .008
Education (years) 15.3 (2.6) 15.5 (2.6) 13.8 (2.1) .014
Race .162
 Caucasian 48.0% 49.5% 31.3%
 African American 52.0% 50.5% 68.7%
Gender (female) 74.0% 73.3% 81.3% .491
LFDRS Total Score 16.0 (8.6) 14.8 (7.2) 29.8 (11.9) <.001
 FSA 7.2 (3.2) 6.9 (3.0) 10.3 (3.3) <.001
 PV 3.1 (2.8) 2.9 (2.6) 5.3 (4.2) .040
 Susceptibility 3.6 (3.8) 3.2 (3.4) 7.9 (5.8) .005
 Intellectual 2.3 (2.0) 1.9 (1.4) 6.3 (3.0) <.001

Note: FDA = Financial decisional abilities; LFDRS = Lichtenberg Financial Decision Rating Scale; FSA = Financial Situational Awareness; PV = Psychological Vulnerability.

*

p-values are reported for t-tests or chi-square tests as appropriate.