Population Characteristics of Respondents to Survey From March 2016 to August 2017 Stratified by Self-Reported Health Status
| Total | Self-Reported Health | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellent or Very Good | Good | Fair or Poor | P value | ||
| N | 166 | 41 | 71 | 54 | |
| % | 24.7 | 42.8 | 32.5 | ||
| Age categories (%) | |||||
| 65 to 74 years | 38.6 | 41.5 | 33.8 | 42.6 | .094 |
| 75 to 84 years | 39.2 | 48.8 | 42.3 | 27.8 | |
| 85 years and older | 22.3 | 9.8 | 23.9 | 29.6 | |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |||||
| NH white | 32.5 | 26.8 | 45.1 | 20.4 | .008 |
| NH black | 34.9 | 34.1 | 36.6 | 33.3 | |
| Hispanic | 27.1 | 31.7 | 12.7 | 42.6 | |
| NH Other | 5.4 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | |
| Language at home (%) | |||||
| English only | 78.2 | 75.0 | 90.1 | 64.8 | .003 |
| Education (%) | |||||
| <High School | 16.3 | 19.5 | 18.3 | 11.1 | .825 |
| High school graduate/GED | 36.7 | 31.7 | 35.2 | 42.6 | |
| Some college | 33.1 | 31.7 | 32.4 | 35.2 | |
| 4-year degree or more | 13.9 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 11.1 | |
| Health literacy, inadequate | 34.3 | 26.8 | 29.6 | 46.3 | .076 |
| Income (%) | |||||
| <$25,000 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 54.9 | 46.3 | .594 |
| $25,001 to 50,000 | 22.9 | 26.8 | 15.5 | 29.6 | |
| >$50,000 | 18.1 | 14.6 | 19.7 | 18.5 | |
| Income, unknown | 7.8 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 5.6 | |
| Married (%) | 41.0 | 48.8 | 33.8 | 44.4 | .245 |
| Household size, mean ± SD | 1.9 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.9) | 2.0 (1.1) | .494 |
| Cognitive status | |||||
| Any impairment (%) | 4.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 7.6 | .494 |
| Functional impairment (%) | |||||
| ADL impairment | 23.5 | 14.6 | 21.1 | 33.3 | .085 |
| IADL impairment | 40.4 | 24.4 | 36.6 | 57.4 | .004 |
| Assistance device use (%) | |||||
| Independent, inside | 71.1 | 78.0 | 69.0 | 68.5 | .525 |
| Independent, outside | 45.8 | 63.4 | 39.4 | 40.7 | .033 |
| Insurance (%) | |||||
| Medicare | 88.0 | 87.8 | 91.5 | 83.3 | .376 |
| Medicaid | 19.3 | 26.8 | 19.7 | 13.0 | .235 |
| Other insurance | 54.2 | 48.8 | 59.2 | 51.9 | .520 |
| Source(s) of care (%) | |||||
| Non-VHA provider | 62.0 | 65.9 | 63.4 | 57.4 | .670 |
| Most of care | |||||
| VHA | 78.3 | 85.4 | 73.2 | 79.6 | .207 |
| Non-VHA | 21.1 | 12.2 | 26.8 | 20.4 | |
| Unknown | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Travel to clinic | |||||
| Drive (%) | 53.0 | 51.2 | 52.1 | 55.6 | .898 |
| Travel time, minutes ± SD | 33.3 ± 21.3 | 37.4 ± 15.0 | 33.9 ± 24.3 | 29.5 ± 17.4 | .328 |
ALD, Activities of Daily Living; GED, general education degree, IADL, Independent Activities of Daily Living; NH, Non-Hispanic, SD, standard deviation; VHA, Veterans Health Administration.
*P < .05.