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. 2014 Mar 5;69(3):470–481. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu014

Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Study Sample (Based on Listwise Deletion, n = 25,127)

Men Women
Czech Republic (n = 2,203) Russia (n = 2,747) Poland (n = 3,661) Lithuania (n = 2,966) Czech Republic (n = 2,603) Russia (n = 3,421) Poland (n = 3,890) Lithuania (n = 3,636)
Mean word recall 21.9 (3.5) 20.6 (4.6) 19.9 (4.2) 20.9 (4.1) 23.5 (3.4) 21.8 (4.3) 21.0 (4.2) 22.7 (3.7)
Mean verbal fluency 24.1 (6.7) 19.4 (7.2) 21.0 (6.4) 21.6 (6.0) 24.2 (6.3) 19.1 (6.9) 21.0 (6.3) 21.5 (6.1)
Mean letter cancellation 17.5 (4.6) 16.7 (5.1) 17.5 (5.7) 15.5 (4.6) 18.6 (4.6) 18.1 (5.4) 18.4 (5.9) 16.8 (4.8)
Mean age 60.4 (6.5) 59.4 (6.4) 60.5 (5.5) 60.5 (7.6) 59.5 (6.4) 59.2 (6.4) 59.9 (5.7) 60.2 (7.6)
Mean childhood amenities 4.0 (1.4) 2.2 (1.7) 3.2 (1.9) 3.0 (1.3) 4.1 (1.4) 2.3 (1.6) 3.3 (1.9) 3.0 (1.3)
Mother’s education, %
 Less than primary 2.2 19.4 11.0 17.4 2.7 21.4 10.2 19.6
 Primary 51.2 33.6 52.3 55.7 50.3 32.9 53.0 55.1
 Secondary 44.9 41.2 32.8 21.7 46.0 41.1 32.5 21.2
 University 1.6 5.9 4.0 5.2 1.0 4.6 4.2 4.0
Education, %
 Primary 3.7 10.5 9.1 12.2 14.5 8.7 13.7 10.6
 Secondary 74.4 54.5 59.1 52.8 73.8 62.4 58.9 56.1
 University 21.9 34.9 31.9 35.0 11.8 28.9 27.4 33.3
Mean household assets 7.1 (1.9) 5.7 (2.1) 6.6 (2.1) 7.1 (2.0) 6.6 (1.9) 5.3 (2.1) 6.0 (2.1) 6.3 (2.0)

Note. Standard deviations in parentheses.