Table 1.

Weighted descriptive statistics

Characteristic	Number (%)	Standard error
Types of disabilitya,b (n = 759)
Deaf	236 (30.45)	2.76
Blind	149 (17.55)	2.17
Difficulty with decision making	300 (49.31)	2.95
Difficulty with walking	442 (48.14)	2.81
Difficulty with dressing	118 (12.54)	1.65
Difficulty running errands	208 (23.17)	2.45
Race/ethnicity (n = 639)
Non-Hispanic white	338 (64.87)	2.4
Non-Hispanic black	134 (16.52)	2.17
Hispanic	125 (14.71)	1.94
Other	42 (3.91)	1.04
Age, y (n = 744)
18–29	32 (12.87)	3.13
30–49	136 (26.82)	2.67
50–69	338 (33.27)	2.31
≥ 70	238 (27.04)	1.88
Education (n = 742)
Some high school or less	127 (19.29)	2.36
High school diploma	234 (30.15)	2.57
Some post-high school training/college	243 (33.34)	2.78
College graduate	138 (17.23)	1.92
Annual household income, $ (n = 627)
< 20,000	327 (44.59)	3.06
20,000–34,999	107 (18.03)	2.14
35,000–49,999	88 (16.74)	2.17
50,000–74,999	71 (12.83)	2.00
≥ 75,000	34 (7.83)	2.07
Sex (n = 742)
Women	462 (53.84)	3.09
Men	280 (43.16)	3.09
Relationship status (n = 740)
Married/partnered/living with someone	287 (53.17)	2.70
Single/widowed/divorced	453 (46.84)	2.70

^aSelection of disability was not mutually exclusive; respondents had the ability to endorse each disability as applicable. Respondents were not required to answer all the items; variance regarding the number of responses for demographic variables was observed.

^bBecause individuals could select multiple disabilities, there is some variance in the listed percentages.