Table 1 Characteristics of study participants according to gender (n = 1844)

Overall

Missing

Man (n = 812)

Woman (n = 981)

Missing

p

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

51

 Man

812

45.3

-

-

-

-

 Woman

981

54.7

-

-

-

-

Age

19

61

0.272

 20–39

215

11.8

104

12.9

108

11.1

 40–59

475

26.0

217

26.9

250

25.6

 60–69

471

25.8

217

26.9

245

25.1

 70–79

419

23.0

168

20.8

239

24.5

 ≥ 80

245

13.4

101

12.5

134

13.7

Family structure

41

807

976

80

0.105

 Single

154

8.5

59

7.4

95

9.8

 One generation (couple only)

414

23.0

195

24.5

209

21.6

 Other (2nd generation)

1235

68.5

543

68.1

663

68.6

Smoking

114

154

< .001

 Current

344

19.9

288

36.1

50

5.6

 Past

403

23.3

318

39.9

73

8.2

 Never

983

56.8

191

24.0

770

86.2

Drinking

72

112

< .001

 Everyday

440

24.8

361

45.2

69

7.4

 3–5 times/ week

165

9.3

101

12.7

58

6.2

 1–5 times / month

256

14.5

93

11.7

159

17.0

 Never

911

51.4

243

30.5

648

69.4

Overall

missing

Man

Woman

missing

p

Resilience skills

mean

SD

mean

SD

mean

SD

 Optimism

7.1

1.6

141

7.0

1.7

7.1

1.5

133

0.090

 Human resourcefulness

14.5

2.8

135

14.4

2.8

14.5

2.7

123

0.472

 Problem solving oriented

9.8

2.2

140

9.8

2.2

9.8

2.1

132

0.622