Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Reengagement

Table 1

Participant characteristics .

Characteristic		%
Gender
Female	42	82
Male	9	18
Age
60–69	11	22
70–79	12	23
80–89	22	43
90+	6	12
Relationship status
Never married	4	8
Married	1	2
Separated	3	6
Divorced	17	33
Widowed	26	51
Size of household
1 person	50	98
2 people	1	2
Highest grade in school completed
Less than high school graduate	7	14
High school graduate	11	22
Some college or technical school	17	33
College graduate	16	31
Employment status
Working, part- or full-time	8	16
Unemployed, looking for work	3	6
Retired	38	74
Disabled, unable to work	1	2
Never worked outside of home	1	2