Table 1 Characteristics for men and women of the study population
Characteristics | Study population (n = 360) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Women (n = 140, 39%) | Men (n = 220, 61%) | ||
Sociodemographic | |||
Age in years (range 55–65 years) | 61 (2.9) | 61 (3.0) | |
Migration background | |||
Turkish | 85 (61%) | 127 (58%) | |
Moroccan | 55 (39%) | 93 (42%) | |
Education level | |||
Low | 114 (81%) | 141 (66%) | |
Middle | 15 (11%) | 37 (17%) | |
High | 11 (8.0%) | 42 (19%) | |
Living situation (alone) | 44 (31%) | 28 (13%) | |
Social | |||
Mosque visit | |||
Never to max 3 times a month | 84 (60%) | 50 (23%) | |
At least once a week | 56 (40%) | 170 (77%) | |
Societal activities participation | |||
Active in at least one | 56 (40%) | 171 (77%) | |
Not active | 84 (60%) | 49 (23%) | |
Religious coping | |||
Never to sometimes | 60 (43%) | 122 (55%) | |
Often to very often | 80 (57%) | 98 (45%) | |
Loneliness (0–11) | 5.1 (2.9) | 5.1 (3.3) | |
Social contact frequency (0–32) | 20 (5.2) | 20 (5.9) | |
Lifestyle | |||
Physical activity (Meth/w) | 25 (35) | 26 (38) | |
Health-related | |||
Self-rated health (good) | 49 (35%) | 111 (51%) | |
Memory complaints (yes) | 66 (47%) | 99 (45%) | |
Depression symptoms (0–60) | 19 (12) | 16 (10) | |
Visual difficulties (yes) | 67 (48%) | 81 (37%) | |
Hearing difficulties (yes) | 38 (27%) | 61 (27%) | |
Chronic diseases (n) | |||
None | 20 (15%) | 61 (28%) | |
1 | 35 (25%) | 63 (29%) | |
2 | 43 (31%) | 45 (21%) | |
3 or more | 42 (30%) | 51 (23%) | |
Functional limitations | |||
None | 25 (18%) | 87 (40%) | |
Some | 37 (26%) | 68 (31%) | |
A lot | 78 (56%) | 65 (30%) | |