The Older They Are, the Less Successful They Become? Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study

Table 1

Summary of semographic characteristics.

Demographic characteristics	Octogenarians (𝑛=72)		Centenarians (𝑛=234)		𝜒^2
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Gender					5.72^*
Female	50	69.4	193	82.5
Male	22	30.6	41	17.5
Type of residence					35.52^***
Private home/Apartment	58	86.6	97	45.5
Personal care (Assisted Living)	1	1.5	41	19.2
Nursing home	8	11.9	75	35.2
Ethnicity					2.02
White/Caucasian	61	84.7	179	76.5
Black/African American	11	15.3	55	23.5
Education					22.58^**
0–4 years	1	1.5	11	4.9
5–8 years	2	3.0	53	23.8
Some high school	6	9.0	26	11.7
High school diploma	18	26.9	43	19.3
Trade school or vocational degree	8	11.9	28	12.6
Some college	9	13.4	22	9.9
College degree	13	19.4	19	8.5
Graduate degree	10	14.9	21	9.4
Marital status					54.15^***
Never married	1	1.5	9	4.3
Married	26	38.8	10	4.7
Widowed	36	53.7	182	86.3
Divorced	4	6.0	9	4.3
Separated	0	0.0	1	0.5
Cognitive status					63.59^***
Low (MMSE ≤ 17)	9	12.5	112	48.3
Mid (18 ≤ MMSE ≤ 22)	1	1.4	44	19.0
High (MMSE ≥ 23)	62	86.1	76	32.7

^∗𝑃<0.05. ^**𝑃<0.01. ^***𝑃<0.001.