Table 1.
Sample Characteristics Stratified by Distress, Socioeconomic Status, Race and Ethnicity, & Loneliness
| Sample Characteristics | Distressed (N=119) (SD) / n(%) | Financial Instability (N=291) (SD) / n(%) | Persons of Color (N=125) (SD) / n(%) | Lonely (N=133) (SD) / n(%) | Total (N=501) (SD) / n(%) |
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| Age | 65.1 (4.5) | 65.2 (4.6) | 64.5 (4.3) | 65.6 (4.6) | 65.5 (4.6) |
| Gender, n (%) | |||||
| Man | 32 (27.8%) | 70 (24.7%) | 44 (35.8%) | 36 (27.7%) | 165 (33.7%) |
| Woman | 83 (72.2%) | 213 (75.3%) | 79 (64.2%) | 94 (72.3%) | 324 (66.3%) |
| Missing | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Living Situation, n (%) | |||||
| Alone | 27 (22.9%) | 102 (35.2%) | 33 (26.4%) | 60 (45.5%) | 154 (30.8%) |
| With Others | 91 (77.1%) | 188 (64.8%) | 92 (73.6%) | 72 (54.5%) | 346 (69.2%) |
| Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Property Info (not mutually exclusive), n (%) | |||||
| No | 6 (5.0%) | 13 (4.5%) | 5 (4.0%) | 9 (6.8%) | 17 (3.4%) |
| Yes, I own the home that I live in. | 80 (67.2%) | 181 (62.2%) | 76 (60.8%) | 83 (62.4%) | 351 (70.1%) |
| Yes, I own a home that I do not live in. | 2 (1.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | 2 (1.6%) | 2 (1.5%) | 4 (0.8%) |
| Yes, I rent a home that I live in. | 32 (26.9%) | 95 (32.6%) | 42 (33.6%) | 41 (30.8%) | 131 (26.1%) |
| Current Residence, n (%) | |||||
| A mixed age neighborhood or community | 71 (63.4%) | 219 (77.9%) | 86 (72.9%) | 91 (70.0%) | 369 (76.4%) |
| Age-restricted, active adult community | 7 (6.3%) | 12 (4.3%) | 5 (4.2%) | 6 (4.6%) | 26 (5.4%) |
| Residential Care Home/Adult Family Home | V 5 (4.5%) | 4 (1.4%) | 2 (1.7%) | 3 (2.3%) | 6 (1.2%) |
| Nursing Home/Skilled Nursing Facility | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Supportive Housing | 2 (1.8%) | 1 (0.4%) | 2 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| Co-housing Arrangement | 3 (2.7%) | 2 (0.7%) | 4 (3.4%) | 3 (2.3%) | 4 (0.8%) |
| Home Sharing | 9 (8.0%) | 14 (5.0%) | 6 (5.1%) | 7 (5.4%) | 20 (4.1%) |
| Other | 15 (13.4%) | 29 (10.3%) | 13 (11.0%) | 19 (14.6%) | 55 (11.4%) |
| Missing | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| Marital Status, n (%) | |||||
| Married or Partnered | 69 (58.0%) | 125 (43.0%) | 66 (52.8%) | 49 (36.8%) | 260 (51.9%) |
| Divorced | 22 (18.5%) | 83 (28.5%) | 29 (23.2%) | 47 (35.3%) | 127 (25.3%) |
| Separated | 2 (1.7%) | 8 (2.7%) | 7 (5.6%) | 7 (5.3%) | 12 (2.4%) |
| Widowed | 3 (2.5%) | 16 (5.5%) | 7 (5.6%) | 6 (4.5%) | 30 (6.0%) |
| Never Married | 23 (19.3%) | 59 (20.3%) | 16 (12.8%) | 24 (18.0%) | 72 (14.4%) |
| Race (not mutually exclusive), n(%) | |||||
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 4 (3.4%) | 7 (2.4%) | 11 (8.8%) | 2 (1.5%) | 11 (2.2%) |
| Asian | 6 (5.0%) | 9 (3.1%) | 19 (15.2%) | 5 (3.8%) | 19 (3.8%) |
| Black/African American | 13 (10.9%) | 40 (13.7%) | 60 (48.0%) | 17 (12.8%) | 60 (12.0%) |
| White/European American | 93 (78.2%) | 228 (78.4%) | 20 (16.0%) | 104 (78.2%) | 396 (79.0%) |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 12 (10.1%) | 24 (8.2%) | 39 (31.2%) | 14 (10.5%) | 39 (7.8%) |
| Other | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Race Dichotomized, n (%) | |||||
| White or European American | 86 (72.3%) | 77 (26.5%) | 125 (100.0%) | 37 (27.8%) | 376 (75.0%) |
| Person of Color | 33 (27.7%) | 214 (73.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 96 (72.2%) | 125 (25.0%) |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| < High School | 4 (3.4%) | 4 (1.4%) | 3 (2.4%) | 4 (3.0%) | 4 (0.8%) |
| High School | 24 (20.2%) | 57 (19.7%) | 17 (13.6%) | 18 (13.5%) | 93 (18.6%) |
| Associates | 28 (23.5%) | 72 (24.8%) | 34 (27.2%) | 32 (24.1%) | 106 (21.2%) |
| Bachelors | 38 (31.9%) | 95 (32.8%) | 44 (35.2%) | 50 (37.6%) | 171 (34.2%) |
| Postgraduate | 25 (21.0%) | 62 (21.4%) | 27 (21.6%) | 29 (21.8%) | 126 (25.2%) |
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Currently Working, n (%) | |||||
| No | 60 (50.4%) | 144 (49.5%) | 54 (43.2%) | 76 (57.1%) | 260 (51.9%) |
| Yes | 59 (49.6%) | 147 (50.5%) | 71 (56.8%) | 57 (42.9%) | 241 (48.1%) |
| Financial Status, n (%) | |||||
| Can not make ends meet | 21 (18.4%) | 51 (17.5%) | 13 (11.1%) | 19 (15.2%) | 51 (10.7%) |
| Have just enough to get along | 65 (57.0%) | 240 82.5%) | 64 (54.7%) | 77 (61.6%) | 240 (50.2%) |
| Are comfortable | 28 (24.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | 40 (34.2%) | 29 (23.2%) | 187 (39.1%) |
| Missing | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 |