Table 1.
Characteristics of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project study Sample (weighted); n = 1,925
| Total % or mean (SD) | |
|---|---|
| Outcome | |
| Frailty at follow-up (Score) | |
| Nonfrail (0) | 32.9 |
| Prefrail (1, 2) | 48.7 |
| Frail (3, 4, 5) | 18.4 |
| Individual-Level (range) | |
| Female | 51.1 |
| Age (57–85) | 66.9 (7.4) |
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 81.4 |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 9.4 |
| Hispanic | 6.6 |
| Other | 2.6 |
| Educational Attainment | |
| <High School | 14.5 |
| High School/Equivalent | 25.1 |
| Some College | 32.5 |
| ≥Bachelors | 27.9 |
| Household Assets (1–20,000,000) | 705,073 (16,18,027) |
| Foreign Born | 7.9 |
| Household Size | |
| Living Alone | 20.3 |
| One other | 63.2 |
| ≥2 others | 16.5 |
| Frailty Baseline (Score) | |
| Nonfrail (0) | 66.1 |
| Prefrail (1) | 28.4 |
| Frail (2) | 5.5 |
| Chronic Conditions (0–9) | 1.13 (1.5) |
| Binge Drinker | 15.4 |
| Current Smoker | 13.8 |
| Self-reported emotional health | |
| Excellent/Very Good | 68.6 |
| Good | 23.7 |
| Fair/Poor | 7.7 |
| Can rely on friends | |
| Rarely/Sometimes | 14.9 |
| Sometimes | 39.9 |
| Often | 45.2 |
| Can open up to friends | |
| Rarely/Sometimes | 26.8 |
| Sometimes | 45.6 |
| Often | 27.6 |
| Moved between waves | 21.7 |
| Residential tenure (years in neighborhood) | |
| 5 years or less | 22.4 |
| 6–25 years | 39.9 |
| 26+ years | 37.7 |