Table 1. General characteristics at the baseline survey of study population according to changes in occupational status.
| ‘Consistentlyemployed’ (n = 892) | ‘Employed andUnemployed’ (n = 152) | ‘Unemployed andemployed’ (n = 138) | ‘Consistentlyunemployed’ (n = 349) | p-value | ||
| Age (years) | 62.37 (5.66) | 64.04 (5.41) | 63.99 (6.17) | 67.64 (6.36) | <0.0001 | |
| Social engagement | 2.15 (1.06) | 2.01 (1.08) | 1.98 (0.99) | 1.66 (1.02) | <0.0001 | |
| Chronic disease | 0.76 (0.93) | 0.88 (1.01) | 0.72 (1.09) | 1.14 (1.11) | <0.0001 | |
| Hand grip strength | 32.73 (6.05) | 32.24 (5.63) | 30.92 (6.49) | 28.46 (6.49) | <0.0001 | |
| CES-D | 5.10 (3.80) | 5.35 (4.30) | 7.18 (5.52) | 8.04 (4.92) | <0.0001 | |
| Income (won) | 2128.28 (2104.74) | 2278.22 (2790.33) | 1032.81 (1552.74) | 1160.41 (1450.75) | <0.0001 | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||
| Married | 845 (94.73) | 143 (94.08) | 124 (89.86) | 308 (88.25) | 0.0001 | |
| Widowed or divorced | 46 (5.16) | 7 (4.61) | 14 (10.14) | 35 (10.03) | ||
| Never married | 1 (0.11) | 2 (1.32) | 0 (0) | 6 (1.72) | ||
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Elementary school or less | 303 (33.97) | 52 (34.21) | 76 (55.07) | 194 (55.58) | <0.0001 | |
| Middle school | 206 (23.09) | 32 (21.05) | 18 (13.04) | 68 (19.48) | ||
| High school | 265 (29.71) | 49 (32.24) | 38 (27.54) | 58 (16.62) | ||
| College or more | 118 (13.23) | 19 (12.5) | 6 (4.35) | 29 (8.31) | ||
Data represent mean values (SD).