Table 1.
Distribution of study variables in the 3 world regions*; data from 2006
| |
|
EUROPE (SHARE; ELSA) |
USA (HRS) |
Japan (JSTAR) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | N | ||
| Gender |
Male |
52.8 |
5803 |
44.7 |
777 |
60.1 |
908 |
| |
Female |
47.2 |
5182 |
55.3 |
962 |
40.0 |
604 |
| Age Group |
50-54 |
39.4 |
490 |
28.2 |
490 |
26.1 |
394 |
| |
55-59 |
41.4 |
701 |
40.3 |
701 |
42.3 |
640 |
| |
60-64 |
19.2 |
548 |
31.5 |
548 |
31.6 |
478 |
| Education |
Low |
26.6 |
2845 |
9.5 |
164 |
17.6 |
266 |
| |
Medium |
38.6 |
4130 |
57.5 |
995 |
46.6 |
702 |
| |
High |
34.9 |
3739 |
33.0 |
571 |
35.8 |
540 |
| Employment status |
Self-Employed |
18.3 |
2006 |
18.7 |
319 |
19.6 |
295 |
| |
Employed |
81.7 |
8973 |
81.3 |
1390 |
80.4 |
1213 |
| Working hours |
Part-time |
27.4 |
2961 |
22.3 |
378 |
25.9 |
376 |
| |
Full-time |
72.6 |
7861 |
77.7 |
1315 |
74.1 |
1075 |
| Effort-reward Imbalance |
Yes |
31.6 |
3314 |
35.0 |
545 |
24.8 |
321 |
| |
No |
68.4 |
7167 |
65.0 |
1013 |
75.2 |
975 |
| Low control |
Yes |
19.8 |
2146 |
25.9 |
417 |
11.4 |
170 |
| |
No |
80.2 |
8676 |
74.1 |
1195 |
88.6 |
1317 |
| Depressive symptoms |
Yes |
14.1 |
1536 |
9.9 |
170 |
7.7 |
100 |
| |
No |
85.9 |
9343 |
90.1 |
1547 |
92.3 |
1202 |
| Self-reported health |
Poor health |
15.1 |
1654 |
13.3 |
232 |
9,8 |
148 |
| Good health | 84.9 | 9329 | 86.7 | 1507 | 90.2 | 1359 | |
*17 countries, N = 14, 236 employed men and women.