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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Ment Health. 2019 Dec 4;25(3):445–452. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1698515

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Study Participants

Descriptor Clients N=140 Volunteer N=124 Staff N= 12
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age a 73.4 6.9 72.8 10.1 . .
Years of education 16.6 2.8 16.9 2.8 . .
N % N % N %
Senior Center
 Site 1 41 29.3 26 21.0 3 25.0
 Site 2 40 28.6 41 33.1 3 25.0
 Site 3 34 24.3 38 30.6 4 33.3
 Site 4 25 17.9 19 15.3 2 16.7
Gender
 Men 37 26.4 31 25 1 8.3
 Women 102 72.9 91 73.4 11 91.7
 Other 1 0.7 2 1.6 0 0
Race
 White 92b 66.2 86 69.4 7 58.3
 Black or African American 27 19.4 25 20.2 1 8.3
 Asian or Pacific Islander 7 5.0 7 5.6 3 25
 Native American 3 2.2 0 0 0 0
 Other race 2 1.4 1 0.8 0
 Multi-racial 8 5.8 5 4.0 1 8.3
Hispanic ethnicity
 Yes 3c 2.1 2 1.6 0 0
Married
 Yes 35 25.0 44 35.5 . .
Working
 Yes 17 12.1 16e 13.1 12 100
Medicaid
 Yes 18d 13.1 14f 12.2 . .
Elevated PHQ-9 score (≥10)
 Yes 35 25.0 . . . .
a

age and education not asked for staff participants

b

sample size for Client Race=139

c

sample size for Client Hispanic ethnicity=138

d

sample size for Client Medicaid=137

e

sample size for Volunteer Working=122

f

sample size for Volunteer Medicaid=115