Table 2 Descriptive statistics, potentially confounding characteristics (TILDA)
Variable | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age class | 50–64 | 707 (41.4) |
65–74 | 594 (34.8) | |
75–84 | 323 (18.9) | |
85+ | 82 (4.8) | |
Female | 943 (55.3) | |
Married | 1129 (66.2) | |
Employment | Employed | 485 (28.4) |
Retired | 921 (54.0) | |
Other | 300 (17.6) | |
Highest education a | Primary or none | 404 (23.7) |
Secondary | 582 (34.1) | |
Tertiary or above | 720 (42.2) | |
Household income | €0 to €10,000 | 55 (3.2) |
€10,000 to €20,000 | 256 (15.0) | |
€20,000 to €40,000 | 490 (28.7) | |
€40,000 to €70,000 | 373 (21.9) | |
€70,000 to €120,000 | 180 (10.6) | |
€120,000 or above | 34 (2.0) | |
Missing data | 318 (18.6) | |
Physical activity b | None | 182 (10.7) |
Low | 478 (28.0) | |
Moderate | 695 (40.7) | |
High | 351 (20.6) | |
Social connectedness c | Most isolated | 141 (8.3) |
Moderately isolated | 501 (29.4) | |
Moderately integrated | 681 (39.9) | |
Most integrated | 365 (21.4) | |
Missing data | 18 (1.1) | |
Long-term health limitation | 431 (25.3) | |
Alcohol problem d | 217 (12.7) | |
Polypharmacy e | 452 (26.5) | |
Total observations | 1706 (100.0) |