Research Article

Is There Successful Aging for Nonagenarians? The Vitality 90+ Study

Table 1

Population characteristics.

CharacteristicFrequency %

Age( = 1283)
 90–9144.5
 92–9325.5
 94+30.0
Gender( = 1283)
 Women81.2
 Men18.8
Marital status( = 1267, missing 16)
 Unmarried 87.9
 Married12.1
Education( = 1234, missing 49)
 Low56.4
 Middle9.9
 High22.7
 Higher11.0
Place of living( = 1278, missing 5)
 Community62.5
 Institution37.5