Table 2.

Characteristics of Adults Aged 70 and Older by Residential Setting, Prior to COVID-19 Pandemic

	All	Residential care	Community, with limitations	Community, no limitations
	100%	5.7%	22.0%	72.3%	p
Independent living	9.4	53.5	—	—	—
Assisted living or nursing home	8.2	46.5	—	—	—
Age, M (SD)	78.3 (6.5)	85.4 (8.4)	80.2 (8.1)	77.2 (5.2)	**
Female	55.7	68.9	63.0	52.4	**
White, non-Hispanic	78.5	82.7	69.2	81.0	**
Lived alone	31.1	81.0	25.6	28.8	**
Had at least one nonresident daughter	70.5	71.1	69.8	70.7
Had at least one nonresident social network member	77.7	73.3	75.4	78.7
Nonresident network size, M (SD)	5.5 (2.9)	4.3 (2.6)	5.3 (2.9)	5.6 (2.8)	**
Had at least a college education	32.4	35.2	24.0	28.8	**
Used email or texting most days or some days or went on social networking sites	64.0	27.7	45.9	72.4	**
N	3,098	209	806	2,067

Notes: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.

*p < .05 and **p < .01 for difference across settings.