. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 21.

Published in final edited form as: Int Psychogeriatr. 2013 Apr 11;25(7):1055–1064. doi: 10.1017/S1041610213000422

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of choral singers (n = 117). Mean (and standard deviation) or percentage.

Variable
Age (years) (mean, SD)	71.6 (7.3)
	range = 58-93
Gender (males : females )	75 : 42
Education category (%)
Primary school	21
Secondary school	19
Lower tertiary	21
Upper tertiary	39
Living Situation category (%)
Alone	21
Spouse/Partner or others	79
Marital Status category (%)
Single / divorced	8
Married / cohabitating	78
Widowed	14
Geriatric Depression Scale (0-15) (mean, SD)	1.2 (1.5)
	range = 0-7
Years in Choir (mean, SD)	33.3 (17.8)
	range = 1-70

SD = standard deviation