Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of Demographic Variables for 2009–2010 NHANES and 2009 MCBS Survey Respondents
| Variable label and coded values | NHANES (2009–10) % (SE) |
MCBS (2009) % (SE) |
|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean/SE) | 73.17 (0.22) | 75.61 (0.11) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | 80.27 (2.52) | 80.00 (1.06) |
| Black | 8.31 (1.18) | 8.16 (0.87) |
| Hispanic | 6.99 (2.01) | 7.41 (0.80) |
| Other | 4.43 (1.04) | 4.44 (0.43) |
| Male | 44.49 (1.13) | 43.44 (0.92) |
| Education | ||
| Less than 9th grade | 10.54 (1.29) | 10.38 (0.47) |
| 9-11th grade | 15.26 (1.78) | 13.32 (0.55) |
| High school | 24.60 (1.63) | 30.18 (0.72) |
| Some college or AA degree | 26.87 (1.73) | 26.18 (0.80) |
| College grad or more | 22.73 (2.09) | 19.93 (0.89) |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 62.18 (1.96) | 53.24 (0.81) |
| Widowed | 26.42 (1.55) | 32.37 (0.79) |
| Divorced or separated | 8.56 (0.78) | 11.00 (0.52) |
| Never married | 2.84 (0.38) | 3.39 (0.24) |
| Poverty category | ||
| Poor/negative | 9.86 (1.20) | 12.85 (0.63) |
| Near poor | 8.06 (0.73) | 6.76 (0.42) |
| Low income | 17.89 (1.57) | 17.78 (0.64) |
| Middle income | 33.14 (2.13) | 34.12 (0.76) |
| High income | 31.06 (2.22) | 28.49 (0.93) |
| Ever served in the armed forces | 26.64 (1.17) | 25.10 (0.79) |
| Description of home | ||
| One-family house detached | 73.07 (1.06) | |
| One-family house attached to other house(s) | 5.46 (0.43) | |
| Apartment | 13.65 (0.73) | |
| Mobile home or trailer | 7.42 (0.57) | |
| Other | 0.41 (0.10) | |
| Total number of people in household (Mean/SE) | 2.11 (0.05) | 1.95 (0.02) |
| Number of rooms in home (Mean/SE) | 6.30 (0.09) | 5.90 (0.04) |