Table 2 Characteristics of the study population
| Â | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 465) | < 70 yrs. (n = 210) | ≥70 yrs. (n = 255) | Total (n = 448) | < 70 yrs. (n = 227) | ≥70 yrs. (n = 221) | |
n (%) | n (%) | |||||
Education | ||||||
 Lower secondary education | 374 (85.0) | 162 (81.8) | 210 (87.6) | 332 (79.0) | 151 (70.5) | 181 (87.9) |
 Upper secondary education | 56 (12.7) | 31 (15.7) | 25 (10.4) | 77 (18.3) | 56 (26.2) | 21 (10.2) |
 No degree | 10 (2.2) | 5 (2.5) | 5 (2.1) | 11 (2.6) | 7 (3.2) | 4 (2.0) |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
 Lower class | 108 (24.6) | 43 (21.9) | 64 (26.6) | 67 (15.9) | 32 (15.0) | 35 (16.9) |
 Middle class | 264 (60.1) | 112 (57.1) | 151 (62.7) | 250 (59.4) | 122 (57.0) | 128 (61.8) |
 Upper class | 67 (15.3) | 41 (20.9) | 26 (10.8) | 104 (24.7) | 60 (28.0) | 44 (21.3) |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 251 (58.0) | 118 (59.9) | 133 (56.4) | 347 (82.2) | 179 (83.3) | 168 (81.2) |
 Divorced | 63 (14.5) | 35 (17.8) | 28 (11.9) | 35 (8.3) | 19 (8.8) | 16 (7.7) |
 Widowed | 99 (22.9) | 33 (16.8) | 66 (28.0) | 20 (4.7) | 4 (1.9) | 16 (7.7) |
 Unwed/single | 20 (4.6) | 11 (5.6) | 9 (3.8) | 20 (4.7) | 13 (6.0) | 7 (3.4) |
Occupational status | ||||||
 Volunteer work only | 162 (38.3) | 76 (40.0) | 86 (38.4) | 114 (28.6) | 58 (28.0) | 56 (29.3) |
 Paid occupation only | 37 (8.8) | 26 (13.7) | 11 (4.9) | 67 (16.8) | 42 (20.3) | 25 (13.1) |
 Paid occupation + volunteer work | 14 (3.3) | 11 (5.8) | 3 (1.3) | 18 (4.5) | 10 (4.8) | 8 (4.2) |
 No occupation | 201 (47.5) | 77 (40.5) | 124 (55.4) | 199 (50.0) | 97 (46.9) | 102 (53.4) |
Self-reported health status | ||||||
 Less good or bad | 103 (23.6) | 39 (19.8) | 64 (27.0) | 78 (18.6) | 37 (17.1) | 41 (20.1) |
 Good | 258 (59.2) | 117 (59.4) | 139 (58.6) | 244 (58.1) | 126 (58.3) | 118 (57.8) |
 Very good or excellent | 75 (17.2) | 41 (20.9) | 34 (14.4) | 98 (23.4) | 53 (24.6) | 45 (22.0) |
| Â | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||
Age (years) | 70.0 (3.1) | 67.0 (1.4) | 72.43 (1.7) | 69.8 (3.1) | 67.2 (1.5) | 72.5 (1.9) |
Total PA (CPM) | 1770.4 (454.6) | 1840.0 (466.7) | 1700.4 (432.4) | 1426.1 (340.5) | 1475.1 (352.8) | 1366.5 (316.2) |