Home and Community Environmental Features, Activity Performance, and Community Participation among Older Adults with Functional Limitations

Table 2

Demographics.

	All (𝑁=122)	Mobility/other limitation; (𝑛=63)/(𝑛=59)
Age
Mean (S.D.)	72.5 (8.50)	71.2 (8.30)/73.9 (8.58)
Gender
Male	36%	27%/46%
Female	64%	73%/54%*
Ethnicity
Caucasian	74%	73%/74%
African American	22%	21%/22%
Hispanic/Latino	1%	2%/2%
Native American	2%	0%/2%
Other	3%	5%/0%
Education
No/some high school	12%	14%/9%
High school/GED	30%	35%/25%
Associate/bachelors	32%	30%/33%
Graduate degrees	26%	21%/33%
Community types
Urban	20%	21%/19%
Suburban	51%	50%/51%
Rural	29%	29%/27%
Functional limitations
Difficulty with seeing	43%	40%/46%
Difficulty with hearing	49%	35%/64%^†
Difficulty with speaking	3%	5%/1%
Difficulty with moving around	48%	100%/0%
Difficulty with manipulation	21%	18%/8%*

* 𝑃<.05; ^†𝑃<.01.