Table 1.
Descriptive statistics (n = 619).
| Characteristics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Range | |
| Age (Years) | 74.0 | 7.0 | 65.0–96.0 |
| Educational Attainment (Years) | 12.7 | 2.4 | 1.0–16.0 |
| Financial Strain | 8.2 | 4.9 | 5.0–25.0 |
| Chronic Medical Conditions (CMC) | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.0–10.0 |
| Self-Rated Health (SRH) | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.0–5.0 |
| Sick Days | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0–5.0 |
| Depressive Symptoms | 2.1 | 2.4 | 0.0–13.0 |
| Chronic Pain | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.0–9.7 |
| n | % | ||
| Gender | |||
| Women | 404 | 65.3 | - |
| Men | 215 | 34.7 | - |
| Family Type | |||
| Non-Married | 531 | 85.8 | - |
| Married | 88 | 14.2 | - |
| Living Arrangement [Living Alone] | |||
| No | 248 | 40.1 | - |
| Yes | 371 | 59.9 | - |
| Any Health Insurance | |||
| No | 6 | 1.0 | - |
| Yes | 613 | 99.0 | - |
| Cigarette Smoking (Current) | |||
| No | 523 | 84.5 | - |
| Yes | 96 | 15.5 | - |
| Alcohol Drinking | |||
| No | 433 | 70.0 | - |
| Yes | 186 | 30.0 | - |