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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2010 Dec 1;30(1):77–86. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.11.002

Table 3.

Descriptive Statistics.

Average
Demographics
Age (50–69) 59
Over full retirement age 0.24
Over early retirement age 0.46
High education 0.27
Medium education 0.36
Married/co-resident 0.81
Health measures
Fair/bad/very bad health 0.25
Felt depressed in last month 0.26
Euro-D Depression Scale (0–12) 1.57
Maximum grip strength (0–100) 46.91
Limited due to health 0.28
Number of chronic conditions (0–8) 1.16
Number of symptoms in last 6 months (0–9) 0.97
Number of mobility limitations (0–10) 0.62
Number of ADL limitations (0–6) 0.06
Number of IADL limitations (0–7) 0.07
Hospital stay in previous year 0.10
Overweight 0.51
Obese 0.17
Memory measures
Verbal score (0–72) 21.80
Memory recall (0–20) 9.45
Employment
Retired 0.45
Self-employed 0.18
Public-sector employment 0.12
Country representation
Austria 0.07
Germany 0.11
Sweden 0.11
The Netherlands 0.10
Spain 0.07
Italy 0.08
France 0.11
Denmark 0.07
Greece 0.10
Switzerland 0.04
Belgium 0.13