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 | . | . | . | . |
age and education not asked for staff participants
sample size for Client Race=139
sample size for Client Hispanic ethnicity=138
sample size for Client Medicaid=137
sample size for Volunteer Working=122
sample size for Volunteer Medicaid=115