Longitudinal and reciprocal associations between financial strain, home characteristics and mobility in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Table 1 Selected 2012 characteristics of National Health and Aging Trends Study community–dwelling participants who were followed until 2014, by 2012 financial strain

		No financial strain (n = 3221)	Financial strain (n = 212)	p value
Mean baseline age		74	73	0.321
Mean income: poverty		5.13	1.64	< 0.001
Educational achievement %	< high school	13	33	< 0.001
	high school	21	24
	some college	31	31
	≥ Bachelor’s	35	12
Gender %	Male	45	35	0.015
Gender %	Female	55	65	0.015
Race/ethnicity %	White	83	54	(ref.)
	Black	7	20	< 0.001
	Hispanic	6	20	< 0.001
	Other	4	6	0.041
Relocated %	No	97	94	0.094
Relocated %	Yes	3	6	0.094
Modified home %	No	86	82	0.282
Modified home %	Yes	14	18	0.282
Mean home disorder index		0.50	1.25	< 0.001
Able to walk %	No	6	8	0.184
Able to walk %	Yes	94	92	0.184
Mean speed among those able (m/s) (n = 3034)		0.82	0.66	< 0.001

Note: 2014 sampling weights were used to represent the population of Medicare beneficiaries aged 68 years and older

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