Table 2 Demographics characteristics by sex (n = 211)
Charac-teristics | Category | Total | Sex | p-value# | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (nf = 121) | Male (nm = 90) | ||||
Age (years) | ≤74 | 115 (100%) | 66 (57%) | 49 (43%) | > 0.1 |
75+ | 96 (100%) | 55 (57%) | 41 (43%) | ||
Academic achievement | Less than High School | 137 (100%) | 72 (53%) | 65 (47%) | > 0.05 |
High School Graduated | 44 (100%) | 28 (64%) | 16 (36%) | ||
Some College or Greater | 30 (100%) | 21 (70%) | 9 (30%) | ||
Marital status | Married or Partner | 90 (100%) | 45 (50%) | 45 (50%) | 0.069 |
Single, separated, divorced or widowed | 121 (100%) | 76 (63%) | 45 (37%) | ||
Number of persons at home | Live alone | 72 (100%) | 41 (57%) | 31 (43%) | > 0.01 |
2 persons | 103 (100%) | 62 (60%) | 41 (40%) | ||
More than 2 | 29 (100%) | 15 (52%) | 14 (48%) | ||
Annual income | Under $5000 | 47 (100%) | 29 (62%) | 18 (38%) | > 0.01 |
$5000–$9999 | 90 (100%) | 57 (63%) | 33 (37%) | ||
$10,000–$14,999 | 40 (100%) | 19 (48%) | 21 (53%) | ||
Over $15,000 | 29 (100%) | 13 (45%) | 16 (55%) | ||
Work status | Retired | 112 (100%) | 50 (45%) | 62 (55%) | < 0.0001 |
Disabled | 26 (100%) | 14 (54%) | 12 (46%) | ||
Full time home (Homemaker) | 55 (100%) | 54 (98%) | 1 (2%) | ||
Employed | 15 (100%) | 2 (13%) | 13 (87%) | ||
Source of income | Retirement | 35 (100%) | 18 (51%) | 17 (49%) | 0.049 |
Social Security | 180 (100%) | 104 (58%) | 76 (42%) | ||
Nutritional Assistance Program | 83 (100%) | 60 (72%) | 23 (28%) | ||
Othersa | 6 (100%) | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (18.7%) | ||
Self-identification of the ethnic group | Puerto Rican | 180 (100%) | 106 (59%) | 74 (41%) | 0.090 |
Dominican | 28 (100%) | 12 (43%) | 16 (57%) | ||
Other | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 0 | ||
Health care plan | Medicare | 153 (100%) | 89 (58%) | 64 (42%) | > 0.01 |
Government | 37 (100%) | 23 (62%) | 14 (38%) | ||
Other | 21 (100%) | 9 (43%) | 12 (57%) | ||