Table 19. Females 65 Years Old and Over With a Dlsability, by Selected Charactericstics:
1991-92
[Numbers in thousands]
                                         -------With a disability-------
  Sex and age                                             With a severe 
                                                            disability
                                  Total  Number Percent  Number Percent

FEMALES, 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER

Total  ........................  17,858  10,005    56.0   6,686    37.4

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN

White  ........................  15,950   8,746    54.8   5,767    36.2
  Not of Hispanic origin  .....  15,420   8,393    54.4   5,508    35.7
Black .........................   1,606   1,106    68.9     825    51.4
American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut    33      23     (B)      17     (B)
Asian or Pacific Islander .....     268     130    48.6      77    28.9
Hispanic origin  ..............     703     468    66.6     336    47.8

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP

Family householder or spouse  .   8,586   4,079    47.5   2,634    30.7
  Married, spouse present .....   7,148   3,200    44.8   2,025    28.3
  No spouse present  ..........   1,438     879    61.2     609    42.4
Nonfamily householder .........   7 663   4,766    62.2   3,153    41.1
  Lives alone  ................   7 597   4,753    62.6   3,149    41.5
Other relative of householder     1,376   1,027    74.6     828    60.2
Seconduy individual  ..........     181     106    58.6      66    36.2

YEARS OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

Less than 12 ..................   7,695   5,197    67.5   3,747    48.7
12  ...........................   6,245   3,045    48.8   1,867    29.9
13 to 15  .....................   2,334   1,081    46.3     678    29.1
16 and over ...................   1,584     683    43.1     395    24.9

REGION

Northeast  ....................   3,959   2,144    54.2   1,532    38.7
Midwest  ......................   4,667   2,524    54.1   1,489    31.9
South  ........................   6,037   3,636    60.2   2,567    42.5
West  .........................   3,195   1,702    53.3   1,098    34.4

RESIDENCE

In central city  ..............   5,553   3,244    58.4   2,273    40.9
In metro area, not central city   7,517   3,996    53.2   2,712    36.1
Not in metro area .............   4,788   2,765    57.8   1,701    35.5

RATIO OF INCOME TO LOW-INCOME
  THRESHOLD

Less than 1.00  ...............   2,483   1,857    74.8   1,371    55.2
1.00 to 1.49 ..................   3,122   2,033    65.1   1,390    44.5
1.50 to 1.99 ..................   2,511   1,475    58.8     983    39.1
2.00 to 2.99 ..................   3,959   2,085    52.7   1,337    33.8
3;00 to 3.99 ..................   2 274   1 003    44.1     625    27.5
4.00 and over  ................   3 509   1 552    44.3     981    28.0

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE STATUS

Covered by private insurance  .  13,815   7,149    51.7   4,482    32.4
Not covered by private insurance  4,042   2,856    70.7   2,205    54.5
  Covered by Medicaid .........   1,560   1,311    84.0   1,090    89.9

Covered by Medicare  ..........  17,417   9,749    56.0   6,491    37.3
Covered by Medicaid ...........   1,801   1,498    83.2   1,233    68.5


MEANS-TESTED ASSISTANCE

Received cash assistance  .....   1,413   1,188    84.1     984    69.6
Received food stamps  .........   1,254     988    78.8     473    59.3
Received housing assistance  ..     770     671    87.2     535    69.5
Received both cash assistance 
  and food stamps .............     520     463    89.1     384    73.8
Received all 3 benefits .......     149     135     (B)     105     (B)
Received food stamps oniy  ....     181     151    83.4     113    62.4
Did not receive assistubce ....  15,381   7,989    51.9   5,109    33.2

TENURE OF HOUSING UNIT

Owner occupied  ...............  13,516   7,017    51.9   4,485    33.2
Renter occupied ...............   4,342   2,988    68.8   2,201    50.7

B Base less than 150,000.