Table 2 Characteristics of study population at baseline by healthy aging status at follow-up, Manitoba Study of Health and Aging (n = 946)

Age, years (mean, SD)*

73.6 (5.3)

76.9 (6.3)

75.7 (6.1)

Gender (% female)

59.6

61.0

60.5

Level of education* (%)

 No formal schooling

0.0

1.7

1.1

 Some primary school

7.2

15.3

12.3

 Finished primary school

13.1

14.1

13.7

 Some secondary or high school

36.5

32.7

34.1

 Completed secondary or high school

16.7

17.0

16.9

 Some community/technical college

4.7

4.8

4.8

 Completed community/technical college

8.9

8.4

8.6

 Some university

4.5

2.2

3.0

 Bachelor’s degree

5.9

2.7

3.9

 Master’s degree or PhD

2.5

1.0

1.6

Monthly household income, $ (mean, SD)*^a

1921 (1361)

1545

(1154)

1694

(1253)

Perceived income adequacy (%)

 Totally inadequate

0.0

0.0

0.0

 Not very well/some difficulty

10.0

13.1

12.0

 Adequately

63.5

62.0

62.6

 Very well

26.5

24.9

25.5

Life satisfaction with finances (%)*

 Not happy

9.5

12.8

11.5

 Happy

67.1

72.1

70.2

 Very happy

23.4

15.2

18.3

Occupation (%)

 Unskilled

15.9

19.9

18.4

 Semiskilled

20.3

18.4

19.1

 Farmers

19.2

23.7

22.0

 Skilled

17.3

13.6

15.0

 Technicians and middle management

10.0

10.9

10.6

 Professionals

17.3

13.5

14.9