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Table 1 Participant sociodemographic characteristics by race

From: Adapting Andersen’s expanded behavioral model of health services use to include older adults receiving long-term services and supports

  

NH (n = 154)

AL (n = 156)

HCBS (n = 151)

 

Total (n = 464)

White (n = 50)

African-American (n = 96)

Other (n = 8)

White (n = 146)

African-American (n = 3)

Other (n = 7)

White (n = 40)

African-American (n = 60)

Other (n = 51)

Individual Characteristics

 Age, years

81.0 ± 8.68

79.1 ± 9.61

76.3 ± 8.30

68.9 ± 7.72

86.5 ± 6.03

82.0 ± 7.00

90.0 ± 2.45

81.8 ± 6.13

78.9 ± 8.04

78.5 ± 8.19

 Education, years

11.9 ± 4.43

13.3 ± 3.25

11.2 ± 2.53

11.6 ± 1.30

14.9 ± 3.39

15.7 ± 0.58

15.6 ± 2.94

9.9 ± 5.48

9.5 ± 3.46

7.1 ± 4.54

 Gender (Female)

330 (71.1%)

32

54

5

125

2

4

27

41

40

 Marital status

  Single

49 (10.6%)

11

10

4

11

0

0

2

3

6

  Married

93 (20.1%)

10

16

0

30

0

2

8

10

16

  Widowed

25 (5.4%)

3

5

0

1

0

0

0

12

4

  Divorced

56 (12.1%)

5

21

1

8

1

0

9

7

4

  Separated

240 (51.8%)

21

44

3

96

2

5

21

28

20

 Religiousness/spirituality

3.0 ± 0.84

2.8 ± 0.89

3.2 ± 0.75

3.6 ± 0.74

2.8 ± 0.79

3.3 ± 0.58

2.4 ± 0.79

3.0 ± 0.97

3.15 (0.83)

2.9 (0.78)

 No. of chronic conditions

8.6 ± 3.9

11.5 ± 4.89

9.0 ± 3.03

9.1 ± 2.17

9.4 ± 3.92

7 ± 3

10.4 ± 4.58

7.6 ± 3.53

6.8 (3.18)

5.4 (2.25)

 MMSE

24.0 ± 4.3

24.1 ± 4.33

21.1 ± 4.86

20.9 ± 4.85

25.5 ± 3.83

24.7 ± 1.53

23.6 ± 2.76

24.9 ± 2.83

23.9 (3.4)

24.8 (3.74)

 No. of children living

2.8 ± 2.6

2.1 ± 1.92

3.1 ± 3.55

2.63 ± 1.92

2.4 ± 1.67

2 ± 1.00

2.1 ± 1.46

3.3 ± 2.45

3.3 (2.79)

3.7 (2.81)

  1. NH nursing home, AL assisted living facility, HCBS home and community-based service, MMSE mini mental state examination; Hispanic ethnicity and race were not mutually exclusive in this table; other = those who were Hispanic and did not select a race accounted for 63% of other, the remaining were Hawaiian, Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, or missing; 3 Hispanic participants had missing data for race- participants did not provide any information on any race; 2 in the NH and 1 in the HCBS. One participant had missing data for marital status, education, MMSE, and no. of children. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation, n(%) or n