Research Article
Older Adults Making End of Life Decisions: An Application of Roy's Adaptation Model
Table 1
Demographic characteristics (
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| Characteristic | | (Percent) |
| Age (range = 70–99, M = 80, SD = 6.84) | 938 | | Gender | | | Male | 460 | (49.0) | Female | 478 | (51.0) | Race | | | White | 828 | (88.3) | Black | 93 | (9.9) | Others | 17 | (1.8) | Education level | | | Less than 12 years | 413 | (44) | 12 or more years | 497 | (53) | Unknown | 28 | (3) | Marital status and living arrangement | | | Married, living with spouse | 481 | (51.3) | Widowed | 357 | (38.0) | Living alone | 295 | (31.4) | Household income | | | Less than 20,000 | 396 | (58.1) | More than 20,000 | 286 | (41.9) | Health insurance | | | No insurance | 4 | (0.4) | Medicaid only | 3 | (0.3) | Medicare only | 722 | (76.9) | Private insurance or more than one | 209 | (22.2) |
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