Table 1 Participant characteristics for those aged 45 years or older at baseline (N = 2013)
From: Employment and retirement impacts on health and wellbeing among a sample of rural Australians
Characteristic | Data source: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Baseline (N = 2013) % (n) | All follow-ups (3366 surveys, N = 1469) % (n) | 5-year follow-up (N = 954) % (n) | |
Work/retirement status | |||
 Employed (all available phases) | 40.2 (810) | 37.9 (1277) | 37.9 (362) |
 Not in workforce (all available phases) | 7.4 (148) | 2.9 (98) | 1.6 (15) |
 Retired (all available phases) | 38.2 (769) | 36.0 (1213) | 33.8 (322) |
 Employed to retired | 6.8 (136) | 11.0 (370) | 12.8 (122) |
 Not in workforce to retired | 3.4 (68) | 5.6 (187) | 6.3 (60) |
 Initially retired - Re-entered workforcea | 0.7 (15) | 1.2 (40) | 1.5 (14) |
 Initially employed - Multiple changesa | 1.1 (22) | 1.9 (64) | 2.3 (22) |
 Not in workforce, then Multiple changesa | 1.7 (35) | 2.6 (89) | 2.8 (27) |
 Initially retired – Multiple changesa | 0.5 (10) | 0.8 (28) | 1.0 (10) |
Age Mean (SD) | 61.35 (10.00) | 63.76 (9.67) | 65.51 (9.26) |
Sex | |||
 Male | 42.7 (860) | 41.4 (1394) | 40.3 (384) |
 Female | 57.3 (1153) | 58.6 (1972) | 59.7 (570) |
Live on a farm | |||
 No | 76.7 (1518) | 79.5 (2642) | 80.8 (761) |
 Yes | 23.3 (461) | 20.5 (682) | 19.2 (181) |
Any chronic disease | |||
 No | 46.9 (945) | 38.1 (1284) | 33.5 (320) |
 Yes | 53.1 (1068) | 61.9 (2082) | 66.5 (634) |
Currently married | |||
 No | 24.0 (480) | 24.1 (806) | 25.2 (238) |
 Yes | 76.0 (1517) | 75.9 (2541) | 74.8 (706) |
Recent adverse life events Mean (SD) | 1.29 (1.29) | 1.03 (1.14) | 1.20 (1.24) |
 0–2 | 84.5 (1667) | 89.6 (2997) | 86.4 (822) |
 3–5 | 14.6 (288) | 9.9 (331) | 12.4 (118) |
 6–9 | 0.9 (18) | 0.5 (18) | 1.2 (11) |
ARIA Mean (SD) | 4.06 (3.14) | 3.91 (3.07) | 3.82 (2.98) |
 Inner regional | 39.7 (800) | 41.2 (1386) | 41.3 (394) |
 Outer regional | 36.1 (726) | 36.9 (1241) | 37.9 (362) |
 Remote | 18.9 (380) | 16.8 (566) | 16.2 (155) |
 Very remote | 5.3 (107) | 5.1 (172) | 4.5 (43) |
Occupation | |||
 Manager | 17.0 (342) | 18.5 (624) | 19.1 (182) |
 Professional | 16.9 (341) | 20.0 (674) | 21.4 (204) |
 Technician/trade worker | 8.0 (162) | 7.9 (267) | 7.4 (71) |
 Community or personal service worker | 7.0 (140) | 7.7 (259) | 8.3 (79) |
 Clerical or administrative worker | 12.9 (260) | 13.4 (451) | 13.2 (126) |
 Sales worker | 5.0 (100) | 5.9 (197) | 5.9 (56) |
 Machinery operator or driver | 4.3 (86) | 3.3 (111) | 3.0 (29) |
 Labourer | 6.8 (136) | 6.1 (204) | 5.3 (51) |
 Not in workforce | 7.6 (153) | 4.3 (144) | 3.1 (30) |
 Mixed occupations | 6.5 (130) | 10.5 (353) | 12.7 (121) |
 Missing | 8.1 (163) | 2.4 (82) | 0.5 (5) |