Table 1.
Characteristics of African Immigrants Older Adults with Physical function Limitations
| All | Traditionalist | Integrationist | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean(±SD)/N (%) | 165 | 38 | 105 | ||
| Age (mean, SD) | 61.9 (±8.0) | 64.2 (±9.3) | 61.4 (±7.9) | 0.070 | |
| Home | 38 (23.0%) | 15 (39.5%) | 23 (21.9%) | 0.095 | |
| Community based organization | 99 (60.0%) | 16 (42.1%) | 62 (59.0%) | ||
| Mailed-in/Online | 28 (17.0%) | 7 (18.4%) | 20 (19.0%) | ||
| Female | 101(61.2%) | 30 (78.9%) | 63 (60.0%) | 0.036 | |
| Male | 64 (38.8%) | 8 (21.1%) | 42 (40.0%) | ||
| Married/cohabitating | 59 (36.0%) | 15 (39.5%) | 34 (32.7%) | 0.009 | |
| Single (never married/widowed) | 50 (30.5%) | 18 (47.4%) | 29 (27.9%) | ||
| Separated/Divorced | 55 (33.5%) | 5 (13.2%) | 41 (39.4%) | ||
| No formal Ed/<HS | 49 (30.6%) | 20 (52.6%) | 23 (22.8%) | 0.006 | |
| HS graduate/GED equivalent | 22 (13.8%) | 5 (13.2%) | 14 (13.9%) | ||
| Associate &Technical training | 42 (26.3%) | 7 (18.4%) | 28 (27.7%) | ||
| Bachelors/Masters/Doctorate | 47 (29.4%) | 6 (15.8%) | 36 (35.6%) | ||
| Yes | 95 (59.7%) | 21 (55.3%) | 62 (62.0%) | 0.47 | |
| No | 64 (40.3%) | 17 (44.7%) | 38 (38.0%) | ||
| $0– 39,999 | 57 (37.0%) | 12 (32%) | 35 (37%) | 0.093 | |
| $40,000– 80,000 | 25 (16.2%) | 4 (11%) | 17 (18%) | ||
| ≥$80,000 | 16 (10.4%) | 2 (5%) | 13 (14%) | ||
| Prefer not to answer/Unknown | 56 (36.4%) | 20 (53%) | 29 (31%) | ||
| Currently Employed | 89 (54.6%) | 18 (47.4%) | 55 (53.4%) | 0.52 | |
| Not Employed | 74 (45.4%) | 20 (52.6%) | 48 (46.6%) | ||
| Better opportunity | 48 (32.2%) | 8 (22%) | 35 (37%) | 0.006 | |
| Join family | 86 (57.7%) | 28 (78%) | 47 (49%) | ||
| Asylum/Refugee | 15 (10.1%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (14%) | ||
| ≤ 50years | 80 (50.3%) | 12 (31.6%) | 58 (56.9%) | 0.008 | |
| >50years | 79 (49.7%) | 26 (68.4%) | 44 (43.1%) | ||
| <10years | 62 (39.2%) | 20 (52.6%) | 35 (34.7%) | 0.053 | |
| ≥10years | 96 (60.8%) | 18 (47.4%) | 66 (65.3%) | ||
| Diabetes | 47 (28.7%) | 12 (31.6%) | 30 (28.8%) | 0.75 | |
| Hypertension | 87 (53.7%) | 22 (57.9%) | 54 (52.4%) | 0.56 | |
| Depressive symptoms (range 0–24) | 3.2 (±3.9) | 2.4 (±3.3) | 3.2 (±3.9) | 0.26 | |
| Low | 57 (36.3%) | 14 (38.9%) | 39 (38.6%) | 0.98 | |
| High | 100 63.7%) | 22 (61.1%) | 62 (61.4%) | ||
| Physical function T-score (range 22.1–61.9) | 44.8 (±8.1) | 42.0 (±8.4) | 45.4 (±8.2) | 0.029 | |