Research Article

Urinary Incontinence: Its Assessment and Relationship to Depression among Community-Dwelling Multiethnic Older Women

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the sample .

Ethnicity
 Black/African American10.7
 Asian American16.0
 Mexican American17.6
 Other Hispanic/Latino11.5
 European American44.3

Income
 Less than $20,00028.2
 $20,000–$39,00025.2
 $40,000–$59,999 16.8
 $60,000 or above 23.6
 Refused to answer6.1

Education
 Less than high school20.6
 Graduated high school20.6
 Trade school7.6
 Some college25.1
 Bachelor’s degree16.0
 Post bachelors8.4
 Refused to answer1.5

Age
 60–6428.2
 65–7448.1
 75–8419.8
 85+3.8

Mean age = 69; minimum age = 60; maximum age = 90.