Table 1 Sample demographicsa
From: Health, lifestyle and employment beyond state-pension age
| Â | Retired before/at SPA | Worked beyond SPA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |
Year | ||||
 2003 | 1592 | 17.41 | 549 | 16.51 |
 2008 | 1470 | 16.08 | 469 | 14.10 |
 2009 | 1645 | 17.99 | 598 | 17.98 |
 2010 | 1662 | 18.18 | 598 | 17.98 |
 2011 | 1691 | 18.49 | 632 | 19.00 |
 2012 | 1084 | 11.85 | 480 | 14.43 |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 4380 | 47.90 | 900 | 27.06 |
 Female | 4764 | 52.10 | 2426 | 72.94 |
| Â | (26, 101) | (60, 103) | ||
Age rangeb | ||||
 45–54 | 78 | 0.85 | 0 | 0.00 |
 55–64 | 1768 | 19.34 | 680 | 20.44 |
 65–74 | 4146 | 45.34 | 1570 | 47.20 |
 75+ | 3149 | 34.44 | 1076 | 32.35 |
Marital Status | ||||
 Single | 631 | 6.90 | 126 | 3.79 |
 Married & living with spouse/partner | 5424 | 59.33 | 1991 | 59.86 |
 Married and separated | 182 | 1.99 | 58 | 1.74 |
 Divorced | 645 | 7.06 | 265 | 7.97 |
 Widowed | 2260 | 24.72 | 886 | 26.64 |
SIMD quintiles | ||||
 5 (least deprived) | 1764 | 19.29 | 593 | 17.83 |
 4 | 1970 | 21.54 | 844 | 25.38 |
 3 | 1994 | 21.81 | 841 | 25.29 |
 2 | 1801 | 19.70 | 608 | 18.28 |
 1 (most deprived) | 1615 | 17.66 | 440 | 13.23 |
Housing Tenure | ||||
 Buying a house with mortgage | 781 | 8.62 | 359 | 10.89 |
 Own a house outright | 5815 | 64.17 | 2222 | 67.42 |
 Part rent/part mortgage | 54 | 0.60 | 18 | 0.55 |
 Rent | 2302 | 25.40 | 633 | 19.21 |
 Rent free | 110 | 1.21 | 64 | 1.94 |