Table 1 General characteristics of the sample, by dependency status

Age

65–69 years

533 (26.5%)

17 (7.2%)

514 (29.0%)

χ² = 125.8 (1 df)

<0.001

70–74 years

520 (25.9%)

41 (17.3%)

478 (27.0%)

75–79 years

397 (19.7%)

37 (15.6%)

360 (20.3%)

80 + years

561 (27.9%)

142 (59.9%)

418 (23.6%)

Gender

Female

1324 (65.8%)

173 (70.0%)

1149 (65.0%)

χ² = 6.0 (1 df)

0.02

Education

None

392 (19.5%)

61 (26.9%)

331 (18.8%)

χ² = 4.5 (1 df)

0.03

Some

1022 (50.8%)

113 (49.8%)

907 (51.5%)

completed primary

370 (18.4%)

32 (14.1%)

336 (19.1%)

Completed secondary

135 (6.7%)

10 (4.4%)

125 (7.1%)

completed tertiary

73 (3.6%)

11 (4.8%)

62 (3.5%)

Marital status

Never married

139 (6.9%)

14 (6.0%)

125 (7.1%)

χ² = 16.6 (3 df)

0.001

Married

586 (29.1%)

49 (21.0%)

534 (30.4%)

Widowed

806 (40.1%)

122 (52.4%)

683 (38.8%)

Divorced

465 (23.1%)

48 (20.6%

417 (23.7%)

Lives alone

254 (12.7%)

13 (5.5%)

241 (13.6%)

χ² = 12.5 (1 df)

<0.001

Household size

Median (interquartile range)

2 (1–4)

3 (1–5)

2 (1–4)

Z = -3.1

0.002

Sources of income (not mutually exclusive)

Government or occupational pension

610 (30.4%)

57 (24.1%)

553 (31.2%)

χ² = 5.1 (1 df)

0.02

Family transfers

582 (29.0%)

65 (27.4%)

517 (29.2%)

χ² = 0.3 (1 df)

0.57

Disability pension

8 (0.4%)

6 (2.5%)

2 (0.1%)

χ² = 30.8 (1 df)

<0.001

Paid work

165 (8.2%)

1 (0.4%)

163 (9.4%)

χ² = 21.7 (1 df)

<0.001

Household assets

1^st quarter – least

648 (32.2%)

87 (36.7%)

559 (31.6%)

χ² = 12.5 (1 df)

0.097

2^nd quarter

444 (22.1%)

51 (21.5%)

392 (22.1%)

3^rd quarter

733 (36.4%)

81 (34.2%)

651 (36.8%)

4^th quarter – most

186 (9.2%)

18 (7.6%)

168 (9.5%)