Changes from wave 1 (baseline) to waves 8–10 (7 to 9-year follow-up) | Men | Women | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Marital status | ||||
Stayed married | 3596 | 33.7 | 736 | 32.3 |
Got divorced/widowed | 84 | 20.2 | 67 | 25.4 |
Stayed unmarried | 442 | 23.3 | 254 | 27.2 |
Got married/remarried | 30 | 23.3 | 18 | 38.9 |
Other | 300 | 24.7 | 119 | 26.9 |
p-value for F statistics | < 0.001 | 0.324 | ||
Job status | ||||
Continued working | 2853 | 29.7 | 531 | 29.6 |
Retired | 205 | 48.8 | 63 | 41.3 |
Stopped working (not retired) | 85 | 31.8 | 46 | 26.1 |
Stayed not working | 156 | 28.8 | 234 | 34.2 |
Started working | 52 | 28.8 | 34 | 23.5 |
Other | 1101 | 34.5 | 286 | 28.0 |
p-value for F statistics | < 0.001 | 0.204 | ||
Leisure-time physical activity | ||||
Continued not engaging | 1578 | 25.6 | 386 | 28.2 |
Started engaging | 313 | 46.6 | 77 | 39.0 |
Continued engaging | 108 | 45.4 | 35 | 45.7 |
Stopped engaging | 304 | 24.0 | 102 | 28.4 |
Other | 2149 | 34.5 | 594 | 30.1 |
p-value for F statistics | < 0.001 | 0.107 | ||
Alcohol intake | ||||
Continued drinking | 2705 | 29.7 | 359 | 25.6 |
Quit drinking | 230 | 43.9 | 77 | 39.0 |
Continued not drinking | 789 | 31.3 | 455 | 33.6 |
Started drinking | 62 | 32.3 | 31 | 16.1 |
Other | 666 | 36.2 | 272 | 30.5 |
p-value for F statistics | < 0.001 | 0.019 | ||
Heath check-ups | ||||
Continued undergoing | 1247 | 34.1 | 195 | 42.6 |
Stopped undergoing | 447 | 27.3 | 135 | 20.0 |
Continued not undergoing | 254 | 24.0 | 90 | 17.8 |
Started undergoing | 220 | 36.4 | 87 | 36.8 |
Other | 2284 | 31.7 | 687 | 29.8 |
p-value for F statistics | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
Total | 4452 | 31.7 | 1194 | 30.2 |