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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the final analytical sample (N = 1187)

From: Differences in hospitalizations, emergency room admissions, and outpatient visits among Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries

Characteristic

Value

Cohort

 1993/94

830 (69.92%)

 2004/05

357 (30.08%)

Age at interview

 Mean (SD), years

82.1 (5.12)

 75–79

460 (38.75%)

 80–84

396 (33.36%)

 ≥ 85

331 (27.89%)

Gender

 Male

474 (39.93%)

 Female

713 (60.07%)

Age of migrationa

 US Born

677 (58.16%)

 0–19

113 (9.71%)

 20–49

290 (24.91%)

 ≥ 50

84 (7.22%)

Education

 Mean (SD), years

4.7 (3.90)

 No formal education

221 (18.62%)

 Elementary school

528 (44.48%)

 Middle-school or higher

438 (36.90%)

Marital statusb

 Married

501 (42.31%)

 Not married

683 (57.69%)

Language at interview

 English

208 (17.52%)

 Spanish

979 (82.48%)

Mortality within 3 years of Wave 5 interview

 Alive

888 (74.81%)

 Deceased within 2 years

180 (15.16%)

 Deceased during 2–3 years

119 (10.03%)

  1. amissing responses for 23 participants
  2. bmissing responses for 62 participants