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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Appl Gerontol. 2019 Dec 11;40(2):121–131. doi: 10.1177/0733464819892847

Table 1.

Univariate Results

Overall (% or mean (SD)) White Black Hispanic/Latinx
Cohort (n=958)
 HRS/AHEAD/CODA 25% 25% 24% 25%
 War Babies 40% 42% a 31% 36%
 Early Baby Boomers 35% 33% 45% 39%
Retirement age (n=958) 64.90 (0.21) 65.00 (0.22) 64.43 (0.37) 64.66 (0.28)
Female (1) (n=958) 50% 49% 55% 51%
Average education (years) (n=956) 13.33 (0.10) 13.64 (0.09) ab 12.67 (0.19) c 11.10 (0.38)
Total household income (n=958) $96,446 ($6,691) $106,310 ab ($5,370) $58,985 ($2,735) $49,543 ($3,428)
Total household assets (n=958) $466,643 ($39,046) $ 525,299 ab ($45,882) $227,801 ($16,651) $207,955 ($15,349)
Marital status (n=958)
 Married/partnered 71% 74% a 48% c 67%
 Not married/partnered 29% 26% 52% 33%
Number of health insurance plans (n=958) 0.91 (0.02) 0.95 (0.02) ab 0.80 (0.04) 0.73 (0.06)
Depressive symptoms (n=946) 1.29 (0.07) 1.21 (0.08) 1.56 (0.13) 1.58 (0.24)
Major lifetime discrimination (n=933)
 Never experienced 62% 64% a 48% 63%
 One lifetime experience 22% 22% 22% 23%
 Two or more experiences 15% 14% a 31% c 14%
Neighborhood physical disorder (n=936) 2.38 (0.05) 2.22 (0.05) ab 2.95 (0.10) 3.17 (0.06)
Neighborhood social incohesion (n=928) 2.56 (0.05) 2.46 (0.05) a 2.95 (0.11) 2.79 (0.08)
Chronic work discrimination (n=865)
 Never experienced 27% 26% 32% 36%
 Less than once a year / a few times a year 39% 41% b 33% 24%
 A few times a month / once a week / almost everyday 34% 33% 36% 39%
Everyday discrimination (n=951)
 Never experienced 20% 19% b 22% 33%
 Less than once a year / a few times a year 54% 57% b 47% 38%
 A few times a month / at least once a week / almost everyday 26% 24% 32% 29%
Summative Disadvantage Scale (n=818) 8.41 (0.12) 8.19 ab (0.11) 9.53 (0.20) 9.40 (0.19)

Notes: Race (n=933), Whites=82%, Black= 10%, Hispanics/Latinx=8%

a

= Statistically significant at p<.05 between Whites and Blacks

b

= Statistically significant at p<.05 between Whites and Hispanics

c

= Statistically significant at p<.05 between Blacks and Hispanics