Older People and Social Connectedness: How Place and Activities Keep People Engaged

Table 1

Descriptive information of respondents (𝑛=38).

Demographic characteristics	Overall n (%)
Age	Mean = 74 (range: 62–85)
Sex
Men	14 (37%)
Women	24 (63%)
Race/ethnicity
White	9 (24%)
African American	9 (24%)
Latino	10 (26%)
Asian	10 (26%)
City
San Francisco	20 (52%)
Oakland	18 (48%)
Housing tenure—own	25 (66%)
Educational attainment
Did not graduate from high school	6 (16%)
High school graduate	4 (11%)
Some college	10 (26%)
College degree	8 (21%)
Graduate degree	6 (16%)
Missing	4 (11%)
Living arrangements
Lives alone	18 (47%)
Lives with spouse or significant other	14 (37%)
Lives with adult child	6 (16%)
Car ownership—yes	21 (55%)
Years living in neighborhood
<10	10 (26%)
11–20	7 (18%)
21–40	13 (34%)
41+	7 (18%)
Self-rated health
Excellent	4 (11%)
Very good	15 (13%)
Good	9 (24%)
Fair	5 (13%)
Poor	2 (5%)
Missing	3 (8%)