Table 1 Characteristics of older adults living in the community or residential care settings other than nursing homes within the 2018 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) survey, stratified by the density of public transit stops within participant’s census tract

X = 0

0 < X < = 10

X > 10

Total

Sample characteristic^a

(n = 2,915)

(n = 798)

(n = 1,123)

(n = 4,836)

Ever go walking for exercise

 Yes

1,287

40.3%

314

33.9%

455

33.3%

2,056

37.7%

 No

1,628

59.7%

484

66.1%

668

66.7%

2,780

62.3%

Type of Respondent

 Self-report

2,804

97.4%

756

96.3%

1,058

96.2%

4,618

96.9%

 Proxy

111

2.7%

42

3.7%

65

3.8%

218

3.1%

Age

 68 to 69

116

8.8%

26

7.5%

49

10.6%

191

9.0%

 70 to 74

685

37.2%

183

38.5%

222

31.9%

1,090

36.3%

 75 to 79

723

23.9%

196

24.1%

297

25.9%

1,216

24.3%

 80 to 84

623

15.7%

157

13.8%

238

16.0%

1,018

15.4%

 85 to 89

454

9.1%

139

10.0%

175

9.2%

768

9.3%

 90+

314

5.4%

97

6.2%

142

6.4%

553

5.7%

Gender

 Male

1,239

44.3%

327

44.8%

462

44.7%

2,028

44.5%

 Female

1,676

55.7%

471

55.2%

661

55.3%

2,808

55.5%

Race and Ethnicity

 White Non-Hispanic

2,233

82.6%

594

79.4%

552

64.2%

3,379

78.2%

 Black Non-Hispanic

438

5.7%

121

5.9%

428

16.2%

987

7.9%

 Other

93

5.4%

36

7.8%

62

8.5%

191

6.5%

 Hispanic

151

6.3%

47

6.9%

81

11.1%

279

7.4%

Marital Status

 Married

1,397

54.7%

358

52.0%

397

43.4%

2,152

51.9%

 Living with a partner

54

2.5%

18

2.6%

22

2.0%

94

2.4%

 Separated/divorced

332

11.9%

105

13.5%

225

20.8%

662

14.1%

 Widowed

1,040

27.9%

289

28.6%

413

28.5%

1,742

28.2%

 Never married

92

2.9%

28

3.3%

66

5.3%

186

3.5%

Number of people in social network, mean (SD)

2.2

(1.4)

2.3

(1.4)

2.1

(1.4)

2.2

(1.4)

Education

 Less than high school

824

27.4%

179

21.2%

224

17.9%

1,227

24.3%

 High school

606

17.2%

121

13.7%

274

19.4%

1,001

17.1%

 More than high school

1,485

55.3%

498

65.1%

625

62.8%

2,608

58.6%

Home ownership

 Yes

1,561

52.2%

351

40.7%

407

35.7%

2,319

46.8%

 No

1,354

57.8%

447

59.3%

716

64.3%

2,517

53.2%

Vision impairment

 Yes

293

7.8%

82

9.1%

128

10.6%

503

8.6%

 No

2,622

92.2%

716

90.9%

995

89.4%

4,333

91.4%

Hearing impairment

 Yes

881

27.8%

230

24.1%

268

21.4%

1,379

25.8%

 No

2,034

72.2%

568

75.9%

855

78.6%

3,457

74.2%

Mobility impairment

 Yes

1,094

29.2%

293

27.8%

435

28.5%

1,822

28.8%

 No

1,821

70.8%

505

72.2%

688

71.5%

3,014

71.2%

Cognitive impairment

 Yes

824

24.2%

191

19.0%

337

24.8%

1,352

23.4%

 No

2,091

75.8%

607

81.0%

786

75.2%

3,484

76.6%

Self-Care impairment

 Yes

814

23.0%

222

22.9%

327

23.2%

1,363

23.0%

 No

2,101

77.1%

576

77.1%

796

76.8%

3,473

77.0%

Communication impairment

 Yes

217

6.5%

65

7.1%

92

6.9%

374

6.7%

 No

2,698

93.5%

733

92.9%

1,031

93.1%

4,462

93.3%

Metro area^b

 Metro

3,913

82.3%

 Nonmetro

923

17.8%

Residential duration

 < 5 years

492

17.6%

185

23.7%

201

17.0%

878

18.6%

 >= 5 years

2,423

82.4%

613

76.3%

922

83.0%

3,958

81.4%

Neighborhood physical disorder

 None

2,611

89.8%

749

94.4%

948

86.2%

4,308

89.9%

 Any

250

8.0%

28

3.0%

146

11.5%

424

7.8%

 Missing

54

2.2%

21

2.6%

29

2.3%

104

2.3%

Social cohesion

 Agree a lot

967

32.2%

231

27.9%

280

25.9%

1,478

30.1%

 Agree a little

1,431

50.1%

397

52.7%

543

48.7%

2,371

50.3%

 Do not agree

338

11.9%

108

12.3%

181

16.8%

627

13.0%

 Missing

179

5.9%

62

7.1%

119

8.7%

360

6.7%

Public Transit Use

 Yes

147

5.9%

35

4.8%

193

19.5%

375

8.5%

 No

2,768

94.2%

763

95.2%

930

80.5%

4,461

91.5%