“So I am stuck, but it´s OK”: residential reasoning and housing decision-making of low-income older adults with disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland

Figures & data

Table 1. Background characteristics of the participants

Name^a	Gender	Race/Ethnicity	Age	Living … ^b	Type of house	ADL/IADL difficulties^b	Mobility problems^b
Anne	♀	Black	79	with spouse	Duplex	IADL	No
Barbara	♀	Black	83	with son	Duplex	No	Stairs
Cheryl	♀	Black	81	with son and relative	Townhouse	ADL & IADL	Outdoors and indoors
Deborah	♀	Black	76	alone	Detached	IADL	Stairs and outdoors
Emma	♀	Black	76	alone	Townhouse	IADL	No
Fred	♂	Non-Hispanic White	69	alone	Townhouse	No	No
George	♂	Black	86	alone	Duplex	IADL	No
Hannah	♀	Black	76	with son and grandsons	Detached	No	No
John	♂	Non-Hispanic White	73	alone	Detached	No	Stairs
Jerry	♂	Non-Hispanic White	67	alone	Townhouse	ADL & IADL	Indoors and outdoors
Kathy	♀	Black	75	with granddaughter	Duplex	IADL	Stairs
Lisa	♀	Black	70	with daughter and granddaughter	Duplex	No	Stairs

^aPseudonyms.

^bAt the time of the first interview.

Figure 1. Several factors influenced the participants’ reasoning process to shift along the continuum: family needs, being a homeowner, the neighborhood, and coping at home