Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the baseline sample and the longitudinal sample
|  | Baseline sample (n = 501) | Longitudinal sample (n = 236) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic variables | N | % | N | % |
Age, years, mean (± SD) | 47.67 (10.57) | 48.71 (10.74) | ||
Gender | ||||
 Female | 441 | 88 | 210 | 89 |
Education | ||||
 Pre-secondary/Secondary | 152 | 30.3 | 65 | 27.5 |
 University/Post-graduate | 349 | 69.7 | 171 | 72.5 |
Marital status | ||||
 Single | 104 | 20.8 | 47 | 19.9 |
 Married | 209 | 41.7 | 103 | 43.6 |
 In a relationship | 144 | 28.7 | 66 | 28 |
 Divorced/separated | 40 | 8 | 18 | 7.6 |
 Widowed | 4 | .8 | 2 | .9 |
Work status | ||||
 Working full time/part time | 330 | 65.9 | 154 | 65.3 |
 Unemployed/unpaid work | 15 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
 Retired | 23 | 4.6 | 13 | 5.5 |
 Parental leave | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Sick leave | 107 | 21.4 | 56 | 23.7 |
 Student | 21 | 4.2 | 6 | 2.6 |
Self-rated economic status | ||||
 Below average | 84 | 16.8 | 34 | 14.4 |
 Average | 243 | 48.5 | 114 | 48.3 |
 Above average | 174 | 34.7 | 88 | 37.3 |