Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of physical checkup non-participants and participants among Japanese older men and women
Men (n = 2,215) | Women (n = 2,616) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-participation | Participation | Non-participation | Participation | |||
n (%) | n (%) | P-value a | n (%) | n (%) | P-value a | |
Population | 1509 (68.1) | 706 (31.9) | - | 1859 (71.1) | 757 (28.9) | - |
Age (years) | ||||||
65–69 | 519 (34.4) | 226 (32.0) | 0.496 | 543 (29.2) | 246 (32.5) | <0.001** |
70–74 | 411 (27.2) | 197 (27.9) | 439 (23.6) | 243 (32.1) | ||
75–79 | 297 (19.7) | 156 (22.1) | 387 (20.8) | 173 (22.9) | ||
≥80 | 282 (18.7) | 127 (18.0) | 490 (26.4) | 95 (12.6) | ||
Social status | ||||||
Family structure | ||||||
With someone or others | 1292 (85.6) | 630 (89.2) | 0.026* | 1454 (78.2) | 594 (78.5) | 0.021* |
Alone | 85 (5.6) | 37 (5.2) | 243 (13.1) | 118 (15.6) | ||
Unknown d | 132 (8.8) | 39 (5.5) | 162 (8.7) | 45 (5.9) | ||
Living with spouse b | ||||||
Yes | 413 (29.0) | 199 (29.8) | <0.001** | 572 (35.4) | 234 (36.6) | <0.001** |
No | 773 (54.3) | 411 (61.4) | 770 (47.7) | 342 (53.5) | ||
Unknown | 238 (16.7) | 59 (8.8) | 274 (17.0) | 63 (9.9) | ||
Alone at home b | ||||||
Rarely | 294 (20.7) | 81 (12.1) | <0.001** | 1078 (66.7) | 477 (74.7) | 0.001* |
Frequently | 896 (62.9) | 503 (75.2) | 276 (17.1) | 86 (13.5) | ||
Unknown | 234 (16.4) | 85 (12.7) | 262 (16.2) | 76 (11.9) | ||
Educational attainment (years) | ||||||
≥13 | 407 (27.0) | 137 (19.4) | <0.001* | 270 (14.5) | 131 (17.3) | <0.001** |
10–12 | 541 (35.9) | 297 (42.1) | 793 (42.7) | 382 (50.5) | ||
≤9 | 334 (22.1) | 211 (29.9) | 531 (28.6) | 161 (21.3) | ||
Unknown | 227 (15.0) | 61 (8.6) | 265 (14.3) | 83 (11.0) | ||
Economic status | ||||||
Economic difficulty | ||||||
Yes | 1003 (66.5) | 428 (60.6) | 0.002* | 1156 (62.2) | 442 (58.4) | 0.085 |
No | 440 (29.2) | 257 (36.4) | 585 (31.5) | 272 (35.9) | ||
Unknown | 66 (4.4) | 21 (3.0) | 118 (6.4) | 43 (5.7) | ||
Pension | ||||||
National Pension | 440 (29.2) | 161 (22.8) | <0.001 | 1163 (62.6) | 475 (62.8) | 0.010* |
Employees’ Pension | 970 (64.3) | 528 (74.8) | 537 (28.9) | 240 (31.7) | ||
Nothing or others | 57 (3.8) | 9 (1.3) | 93 (5.0) | 17 (2.3) | ||
Unknown | 42 (2.8) | 8 (1.1) | 66 (3.6) | 25 (3.3) | ||
Current employment | ||||||
Working | 442 (29.3) | 201 (28.5) | 0.110 | 191 (10.3) | 100 (13.2) | 0.054 |
Not working | 949 (62.9) | 466 (66.0) | 1485 (79.9) | 595 (78.6) | ||
Unknown | 118 (7.8) | 39 (5.5) | 183 (9.8) | 62 (8.2) | ||
Automobile access | ||||||
Yes | 1214 (80.5) | 615 (87.1) | <0.001** | 1211 (65.1) | 519 (68.6) | 0.094 |
No | 295 (19.6) | 91 (12.9) | 648 (34.9) | 239 (31.4) | ||
Health consciousness | ||||||
Interest in health topics | ||||||
Yes | 1221 (80.9) | 636 (90.1) | <0.001** | 1672 (89.9) | 722 (95.4) | <0.001** |
No | 240 (15.9) | 59 (8.4) | 140 (7.5) | 21 (2.8) | ||
Unknown | 48 (3.2) | 11 (1.6) | 47 (2.5) | 14 (1.9) | ||
Self-rated health | ||||||
Good | 1097 (72.7) | 583 (82.6) | <0.001** | 1396 (75.1) | 633 (83.6) | <0.001** |
Poor | 346 (22.9) | 92 (13.0) | 387 (20.8) | 97 (12.8) | ||
Unknown | 66 (4.4) | 31 (4.4) | 76 (4.1) | 27 (3.6) | ||
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 329 (21.8) | 163 (23.1) | 0.001* | 1547 (83.2) | 666 (88.0) | 0.001* |
Past | 794 (52.6) | 415 (58.8) | 111 (6.0) | 45 (5.9) | ||
Current | 316 (20.9) | 99 (14.0) | 87 (4.7) | 14 (1.9) | ||
Unknown | 70 (4.6) | 29 (4.1) | 114 (6.1) | 32 (4.2) | ||
Community activities | ||||||
Yes | 915 (60.6) | 543 (76.9) | <0.001** | 1062 (57.1) | 632 (83.5) | <0.001** |
No | 594 (39.4) | 163 (23.1) | 797 (42.9) | 125 (16.5) | ||
Population density c | ||||||
City | 534 (35.4) | 296 (41.9) | 0.003 | 661 (35.6) | 297 (39.2) | 0.077 |
Province | 975 (64.6) | 410 (58.1) | 1198 (64.4) | 460 (60.8) | ||