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. 2021 May 13;21:920. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10976-6

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of KHANDLE participants by childhood residence

US Childhood (n = 1058) Foreign Childhood (n = 295)
Age (mean, SD) 75.1 (6.5) 76.3 (6.2)
Female (n, %) 636 (60.1) 170 (57.6)
Race/Ethnicity
 Asian 202 (19.1) 151 (51.2)
 Black 299 (28.3) 3 (1.0)
 Latinx 191 (18.1) 90 (30.5)
 White 366 (34.6) 51 (17.3)
Low Childhood Financial Capital 292 (24.6) 73 (24.8)
 Ever go hungry due to finances 123 (11.7) 50 (17.1)
 Parents did not own childhood home 405 (38.4) 112 (38.4)
 Family was poor relative to others 338 (34.5) 76 (27.0)
Low Childhood Cultural Capital
 Father and/or mother earned ≤8th-grade education 388 (36.7) 154 (52.2)
Low Childhood Social Capital
 Never/sometimes had someone trust and confide 401 (37.9) 111 (37.6)
Low Late-Life Financial Capital 468 (39.5) 107 (36.3)
vParticipant receives SSI, state welfare, support from friends/family or earns < 55 K annually 348 (33.0) 102 (35.1)
 Always/often worries about having enough to cover living expenses AND earns < 75 K annually 208 (21.9) 39 (14.9)
Low Late-Life Cultural Capital
 Education ≤High School/General Education Diploma 125 (11.8) 57 (19.3)
Low Late-Life Social Capital
 Does not have someone to confide in or can depend on 102 (9.6) 42 (14.2)
Financial Capital Trajectory
 Consistently High 501 (47.4) 146 (49.5)
 Low Childhood, High Adult 145 (13.7) 42 (14.2)
 High Childhood, Low Adult 298 (28.2) 76 (25.8)
 Consistently Low 114 (10.8) 31 (10.5)
Cultural Capital Trajectory
 Consistently High 615 (58.1) 127 (43.1)
 Low Childhood, High Adult 318 (30.1) 111 (37.6)
 High Childhood, Low Adult 55 (5.2) 14 (4.8)
 Consistently Low 70 (6.6) 43 (14.6)
Social Capital Trajectory
 Consistently High 615 (58.1) 165 (55.9)
 Low Childhood, High Adult 341 (32.2) 88 (29.8)
 High Childhood, Low Adult 42 (4.0) 19 (6.4)
 Consistently Low 60 (5.7) 23 (7.8)