Table 2.
Descriptive Characteristics of the Participants
| Age range (years) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study and characteristic | 18–39 | 40–59 | 60–97 | All |
| Study 1 | ||||
| N | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 |
| Age | 23.2 (4.2) | 50.3 (5.5) | 69.7 (8.3) | 47.8 (20.1) |
| % women | 47 | 80 | 60 | 62 |
| Self-rated health | 1.8 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.9) | 2.4 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) |
| Years of education | 14.6 (1.5) | 15.6 (2.8) | 15.5 (2.7) | 15.2 (2.4) |
| Study 2 | ||||
| N | 373 | 593 | 634 | 1,600 |
| Age | 26.6 (6.3) | 50.6 (5.3) | 71.5 (7.9) | 53.3 (18.6) |
| % women | 63 | 73 | 58 | 65 |
| Self-rated health | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.8 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.9) | 1.8 (0.9) |
| Years of education | 15.1 (2.3) | 15.8 (2.6) | 16.2 (2.9) | 15.8 (2.7) |
| Study 3 | ||||
| N | 10 | 19 | 22 | 51 |
| Age (at T1) | 29.8 (6.4) | 53.5 (4.3) | 70.9 (7.1) | 56.4 (16.5) |
| % women | 30 | 68 | 64 | 59 |
| Self-rated health (at T1) | 1.7 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.8) | 2.3 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.9) |
| Years of education (at T1) | 16.0 (2.3) | 15.7 (1.5) | 14.1 (4.1) | 15.1 (3.1) |
| Retest interval (days) | 597 (157) | 563 (150) | 557 (157) | 567 (151) |
Note. Numbers in parentheses are standard deviations. Health is a self-rating on a scale ranging from 1 for excellent to 5 for poor. T1 refers to the first measurement occasion.