Table 1.
Characteristics of the total sample and Engage
Total sample | Engage sample | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N = 2,831 | N = 141 | |||
Characteristics | N | %/mean | N | %/mean |
Age | 2,831 | 74.4 | 141 | 74.75 |
Female | 2,119 | 76.1 | 114 | 82.0 |
Race: | ||||
White not Hispanic | 843 | 29.8 | 59 | 41.8 |
White Hispanic | 257 | 9.1 | 9 | 6.4 |
Black or African American | 169 | 6.0 | 7 | 5.0 |
Asian | 1,047 | 37.0 | 35 | 24.8 |
Other | 515 | 18.2 | 31 | 21.9 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Hispanic/Latino | 279 | 9.9 | 11 | 7.8 |
Not Hispanic/Latino | 1,785 | 63.1 | 91 | 64.5 |
Refused to Answer or Missing | 767 | 27.1 | 39 | 27.7 |
Language of assessment | ||||
English | 1,544 | 54.6 | 98 | 69.5 |
Spanish | 155 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.3 |
Russian | 94 | 3.3 | 4 | 2.8 |
Chinese | 1,032 | 36.5 | 33 | 23.4 |
Has food stamps | ||||
Yes | 1,177 | 42.1 | 57 | 40.4 |
Education | ||||
8th grade or less | 810 | 29.0 | 28 | 20.0 |
Some high school | 382 | 13.7 | 15 | 10.7 |
Completed high school | 645 | 23.1 | 29 | 20.7 |
Some college | 626 | 22.4 | 39 | 27.9 |
Completed college or more | 315 | 11.3 | 29 | 20.7 |
Assistance needed to get out (e.g., cane, walker) | 1,039 | 37.3 | 69 | 49.6 |
Self-reported medical conditions | ||||
Heart disease | 637 | 22.8 | 44 | 31.4 |
Cancer | 151 | 5.4 | 10 | 7.1 |
Diabetes | 715 | 25.5 | 39 | 28.1 |
Hypertension | 1,414 | 50.4 | 79 | 56.0 |
Other medical illness | 770 | 39.0 | 55 | 53.9 |
Mean self-rated health | 2,761 | 2.83 | 137 | 2.34 |
Activities of daily living | ||||
Need at least some help to walk | 639 | 23.0 | 49 | 35.7 |
Need at least some help to shop for groceries | 679 | 24.5 | 51 | 37.2 |
Need at least some help to do housework | 782 | 28.3 | 59 | 43.7 |