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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2020 Jun 25;32(10):1419–1432. doi: 10.1177/0898264320931665

Table 3.

Weighted Percentage Reporting Pain in Wave 1/2 (2004/5 and/or 2006/7) versus Wave 4 (2011) by Country, Age, and Sex, Showing Statistical Significance of Change across Waves.

AUS
BEL
CZE
DEN
Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 1/2 Wave 1/2 Wave 4

Total 53.2 53.4 53.2 60.4** 47.5 47.5 47.5 48.8
Men (years)
 50–59 52.6 48.2 49.5 56.5** 48.3 48.3 48.3 45.9
 60–69 47.9 58.0 47.1 55.8** 41.8 41.8 41.8 46.6
 70+ 46.3 54.3** 45.7 52.7** 43.8 43.8 43.8 44.7
Women (years)
 50–59 52.9 50.0 52.8 62.1** 50.0 50.0 50.0 51.7
 60–69 56.2 53.6 55.5 63.3** 49.0 49.0 49.0 47.8
 70+ 59.2 62.4 63.5 68.2** 50.1 50.1 50.1 54.8

FRA
GER
ITA
NET
Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4

Total 54.7 62.0** 54.4 65.7** 56.2 54.6 40.7 42.6*
Men (years)
 50–59 50.5 61.3** 46.8 62.3** 42.2 34.6** 37.2 38.5
 60–69 48.4 56.4** 50.5 65.9** 49.1 46.8 35.3 38.0
 70+ 53.7 60.1** 47.4 56.7 51.3 53.5 31.4 35.4
Women (years)
 50–59 54.1 58.8** 51.4 68.3** 53.0 42.1** 41.5 45.4
 60–69 56.5 63.7** 53.2 68.7** 61.6 63.1 45.9 45.7
 70+ 61.8 68.6** 64.3 70.1* 71.7 75.1 49.5 50.1

POL
SPA
SWE
SWI
Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4 Wave 1/2 Wave 4

Total 47.7 53.5 52.4 56.3** 51.6 53.0 42.3 45.9**
Men (years)
 50–59 51.4 53.8 34.4 36.3 44.0 52.9** 38.1 36.5
 60–69 61.9 59.7 42.7 41.4 47.2 47.6 38.1 45.4*
 70+ 54.7 52.1 47.8 51.8 46.0 48.7 40.1 45.1
Women (years)
 50–59 64.7 63.2 51.4 56.5 54.9 58.6 40.5 44.4
 60–69 75.5 72.5 62.9 64.9 55.7 53.7 46.2 48.6
 70+ 59.4 59.8 68.3 76.7** 59.4 56.9 49.2 53.7

Note.

**

p < .01

*

.01 < p < .05

.05 < p < .10.