Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of the sample by retirement groups
| Continued working | Voluntarily Retired | Involuntarily Retired | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 556 (66.5 %) | N =192 (30.0 %) | N = 88 (10.5 %) | N = 836 (100 %) | |||||
| N | Row % | N | Row % | N | Row % | N | Col % | |
| Age (mean) | 53.2 | 55.3 | 55.1 | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Men | 310 | 70.5 | 84 | 19.1 | 46 | 10.5 | 440 | 56.3 |
| Women | 246 | 62.1 | 108 | 27.3 | 42 | 10.6 | 396 | 43.7 |
| Health condition | ||||||||
| No | 477 | 66.7 | 169 | 23.6 | 69 | 9.7 | 715 | 85.7 |
| Yes | 79 | 65.3 | 23 | 19.0 | 19 | 15.7 | 121 | 14.3 |
| Household income (mean AUD/quintile) | ||||||||
| Poorest: $15,096 | 96 | 60.0 | 37 | 23.1 | 27 | 16.9 | 160 | 17.2 |
| 2: $31,015 | 107 | 64.9 | 40 | 24.2 | 18 | 10.9 | 165 | 19.4 |
| 3: $46,203 | 122 | 73.1 | 33 | 19.8 | 12 | 7.2 | 167 | 21.6 |
| 4: $64,084 | 120 | 70.2 | 38 | 22.2 | 13 | 7.6 | 171 | 21.6 |
| Richest: $111,051 | 111 | 64.2 | 44 | 25.4 | 18 | 10.4 | 173 | 20.2 |
| Education level | ||||||||
| High school or below | 232 | 62.5 | 90 | 24.3 | 49 | 13.2 | 371 | 41.9 |
| Certificate or diploma | 174 | 70.2 | 50 | 20.2 | 24 | 9.7 | 248 | 30.9 |
| Bachelor or higher | 150 | 69.1 | 52 | 24.0 | 15 | 6.9 | 217 | 27.2 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married/de facto | 434 | 65.9 | 159 | 24.1 | 66 | 10.0 | 659 | 78.0 |
| Single | 122 | 68.9 | 33 | 18.6 | 22 | 12.4 | 177 | 22.0 |
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Full-time (≥35 h) | 419 | 69.7 | 124 | 20.6 | 58 | 9.7 | 601 | 75.5 |
| Part-time (<35 h) | 137 | 58.3 | 68 | 28.9 | 30 | 12.8 | 235 | 24.5 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| White collar | 253 | 66.1 | 95 | 24.8 | 35 | 9.1 | 383 | 45.6 |
| Blue collar | 134 | 68.7 | 36 | 18.5 | 25 | 12.8 | 195 | 24.0 |
| Pink collar | 169 | 65.5 | 61 | 23.6 | 28 | 10.9 | 258 | 30.5 |
| Contract status | ||||||||
| Ongoing/ fixed term | 331 | 65.5 | 121 | 24.0 | 53 | 10.5 | 505 | 86.4 |
| Casual | 52 | 56.5 | 23 | 25.0 | 17 | 18.5 | 92 | 13.6 |
| Adult care giving | ||||||||
| No | 459 | 68.1 | 152 | 22.6 | 63 | 9.4 | 674 | 88.2 |
| Yes | 62 | 56.4 | 29 | 26.4 | 19 | 17.3 | 110 | 11.8 |
| Grand child care | ||||||||
| No | 464 | 67.1 | 157 | 22.7 | 71 | 10.3 | 692 | 89.2 |
| Yes | 56 | 61.5 | 24 | 26.4 | 11 | 12.1 | 91 | 10.9 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Never a smoker | 296 | 67.9 | 102 | 23.4 | 38 | 8.7 | 436 | 53.8 |
| Past smoker | 180 | 65.7 | 61 | 22.3 | 33 | 12.0 | 274 | 32.4 |
| Smoker | 76 | 64.4 | 25 | 21.2 | 17 | 14.4 | 118 | 13.9 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||||||
| Abstainer | 60 | 65.2 | 20 | 21.7 | 12 | 13.0 | 92 | 10.9 |
| Light | 277 | 69.4 | 77 | 19.3 | 45 | 11.3 | 399 | 49.6 |
| Drinkers | 218 | 63.4 | 95 | 27.6 | 31 | 9.0 | 344 | 39.5 |
Note: Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding