Age Differences and Changes in Resources Essential to Aging Well: A Comparison of Sexagenarians, Octogenarians, and Centenarians

Table 1

Sample demographic characteristics.

Variables	Time 1		Time 2		𝜒^2
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Sex					1.59
Male	104	32.4	60	29.9
Female	217	67.6	141	70.1
Race					2.61
Black	89	27.7	62	30.8
White	232	72.3	139	69.2
Age Group					18.86***
60s	91	28.3	70	34.8
80s	93	29.0	63	31.3
100s	137	42.7	68	33.8
Education					6.19
0–8 years	90	28.2	55	28.8
High School	84	26.3	42	22.0
Business/trade school	23	7.2	14	7.3
College	75	23.6	44	23.0
Graduate school	47	14.7	36	18.8
Self-rated health					4.7
Excellent	67	21.1	39	20.2
Good	159	50.2	93	48.2
Fair	79	24.9	52	26.9
Poor	12	3.8	9	4.7

Because of rounding, percentages may not add to 100.
^∗∗∗𝑃<.001.