Appendix.
Table 1Sample Statistics of Puerto Rican Older Adults by Proxy status presented as Weighted Percentages (%) and Means (Standard Errors), PREHCO (2002)
| No Proxy | Proxy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Health behaviors | |||
| Hypertension (self-report) (%) | 58 | 53 | |
| Diabetes (self-report) (%) | 28 | 30 | |
| Ever smoke (%) | 34 | 34 | |
| Exercise (%) | 43 | 10 | *** |
| Education (%) | *** | ||
| 6th grade or less | 40 | 69 | |
| 7th to 12th grade | 40 | 23 | |
| More than 12th grade | 20 | 8 | |
| Individual factors | |||
| Age | 69.9 (0.2) | 77.3 (0.8) | *** |
| Female (%) | 56 | 55 | |
| Foreign-born (%) | 4 | 3 | |
| Married (%) | 53 | 34 | *** |
| Number of observations (unweighted) | 3713 | 578 | |