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TABLE 8B - RELATIVE INCOME STATUS OF PERSONS 65 YEARS OLDAND OVER: 1994-95 DATA FROM
THE SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
| Percent with specified relative income level | |||
| Low | Middle | High | |
| Age 65 and over | 24.6 | 65.4 | 10.1 |
| With no disability | 16.7 | 69.6 | 13.7 |
| With any disability | 31.7 | 61.5 | 6.8 |
| Severe | 35.5 | 58.4 | 6.0 |
| Not severe | 25.0 | 66.9 | 8.1 |
| With a mental disability | 36.9 | 56.9 | 6.2 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 33.3 | 61.6 | 5.1 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
39.6 | 54.2 | 6.3 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
32.4 | 60.8 | 6.8 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
36.1 | 58.1 | 5.7 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 37.5 | 57.1 | 5.4 |
| Unable | 36.5 | 57.3 | 6.2 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 30.1 | 62.1 | 7.8 |
| Unable | 33.6 | 61.0 | 5.4 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 33.5 | 61.1 | 5.4 |
| Unable | (B) | (B) | (B) |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 37.8 | 56.2 | 6.1 |
| Unable | 39.2 | 55.5 | 5.3 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 35.8 | 58.7 | 5.5 |
| Unable | 38.4 | 57.1 | 4.6 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 35.3 | 59.1 | 5.6 |
| Unable | 36.9 | 57.5 | 5.6 |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 37.0 | 56.2 | 6.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 34.4 | 58.5 | 7.1 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 38.5 | 56.7 | 4.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 32.6 | 61.7 | 5.6 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 36.8 | 56.4 | 6.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 29.5 | 64.2 | 6.3 |
| Difficulty bathing | 39.3 | 54.5 | 6.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 36.1 | 56.8 | 7.2 |
| Difficulty dressing | 34.7 | 59.5 | 5.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 31.0 | 63.0 | 6.0 |
| Difficulty eating | 30.4 | 63.1 | 6.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 27.5 | 64.1 | 8.4 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 35.7 | 58.5 | 5.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 29.2 | 63.1 | 7.7 |
| Percent with specified relative income level | |||
| Low | Middle | High | |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 37.5 | 56.5 | 6.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 37.7 | 56.1 | 6.2 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 38.2 | 55.8 | 6.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 38.0 | 56.2 | 5.7 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 37.3 | 57.0 | 5.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 35.6 | 58.4 | 6.0 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 37.2 | 56.0 | 6.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 35.2 | 57.7 | 7.1 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 38.1 | 56.2 | 5.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 38.1 | 56.0 | 5.8 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 36.0 | 57.0 | 7.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 35.4 | 57.0 | 7.5 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 34.5 | 59.5 | 6.1 |
| Unable | 29.0 | 63.0 | 8.0 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
37.2 | 56.5 | 6.3 |
| No housework disability | 20.5 | 68.1 | 11.5 |
| With a housework disability | 35.2 | 58.3 | 6.5 |
| Unable to do housework | 34.3 | 59.6 | 6.1 |
