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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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age of the respondents was 69.31 years, with a standard deviation of 7.60. More than half (56.5%) of the 
respondents were female. More than three-quarters (79.2%) were married. Except one reported racial background as 
“alien,” all the other respondents were white (99.5%). Due to the lack of variance in the race variable, race was 
ignored in further analysis. More than 80% of the respondents received a four-year college education (38.0%) and 
completed graduate school (43.5%). A majority (95.3%) of the respondents were retired. More than half (57.9%) of 
the respondents migrated to the Upstate area, and another 18.5% of the respondents moved within the Upstate after 
they were 50 years old. The average length of residence in the Upstate was 21.81 years (SD=19.50), while the 
average length of residence at the present house was 13.11 years (SD=11.99). More than a quarter of the respondents 
had an annual household income of $40,000 to $59,999 (25.3%) and those more than $100,000 (26.3%).