Table 1 Characteristics of observations included in the fixed effects models
Men (n = 3,172) | Women (n = 2,510) | |
|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 74.1 (6.0) | 73.2 (5.9) |
Marital status, n (%) | ||
- Married living together | 2511 (79.2%) | 1431 (57.0%) |
- Married living apart | 43 (1.4%) | 19 (0.8%) |
- Divorced | 186 (5.9%) | 260 (10.4%) |
- Widowed | 332 (10.5%) | 700 (27.9%) |
- Single | 100 (3.2%) | 100 (4.0%) |
OECD monthly equivalence income, mean (SD) | 1951.2 (1127.5) | 1835.5 (1347.7) |
Self-efficacy, mean (SD) from 1 (low) to 4 (high) | 3.1 (0.4) | 3.1 (0.4) |
Self-rated health, n (%) | ||
- Very good | 192 (6.1%) | 180 (7.2%) |
- Good | 1416 (44.6%) | 1112 (44.3%) |
- Average | 1235 (38.9%) | 971 (38.7) |
- Bad | 278 (8.8%) | 210 (8.4%) |
- Very bad | 51 (1.6%) | 27 (1.5%) |
Sum of morbidities, mean (SD) from 0 to 11 | 3.1 (2.0) | 3.0 (2.0) |
Physical functioning (SF-36 subscale), mean (SD) from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) | 80.3 (22.9) | 75.0 (25.6) |
Incidence of accident or disease, n (%) | ||
- Disease | 756 (23.8%) | 461 (18.4%) |
- Accident | 157 (4.9%) | 228 (9.1%) |
- Both | 46 (1.5%) | 35 (1.4%) |
- No | 2213 (69.8%) | 1786 (71.2%) |
Physical activity measured in MET per week | 5759.6 (5259.3) | 6017.1 (5579.2) |
Volunteering in an organisation, n (%) | 770 (24.3%) | 499 (19.9%) |