Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of perceived age discrimination and views on ageing in the full sample and in each of the two age groups
| t 1 | t 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n = 6092 |
Aged 40–64a n = 385 |
Aged 65+a
n = 275 |
Total n = 3050 |
Aged 40–64a n = 193 |
Aged 65+a
n = 120 |
|
| ADg
n yes (% yes) |
660 (10.8) | 385 | 275 | 286 (9.4) | 91 | 39 |
| ADwork
n
yes
(% yes of ADg) |
347 (52.6) | 305 (79.2) | 42 (15.3) | 145 (50.7) | 72 (37.3) | 4 (3.3) |
| ADmed
n
yes
(% yes of ADg) |
244 (37.0) | 77 (20.0) | 167 (60.7) | 97 (33.9) | 23 (11.9) | 25 (20.8) |
| ADsocial
n
yes
(% yes of ADg) |
214 (32.4) | 97 (25.2) | 117 (42.5) | 91 (31.8) | 24 (12.4) | 17 (14.2) |
| PC M (SD) |
1.93 (.47) | 1.98 (.50) | 1.99 (.54) | 1.93 (.48) | 2.02 (.44) | 1.95 (.50) |
| PL M (SD) |
2.80 (.55) | 2.84 (.59) | 3.08 (.56) | 2.79 (.57) | 2.89 (.49) | 3.12 (.57) |
| SL M (SD) |
1.86 (.59) | 2.07 (.62) | 2.20 (.66) | 1.81 (.56) | 2.04 (.61) | 2.10 (.67) |
AD age discrimination, AD g global, domain-independent age discrimination, ADwork perceived age discrimination in the domain work, ADmed perceived age discrimination in the domain medical care, ADsocial perceived age discrimination in the domain social interactions, VA views on ageing, PC personal competence, PL physical loss, SL social loss. Higher values indicate more age discrimination and more negative views on ageing for all variables
aValues in these columns refer to the subsample of participants who indicated that they have been discriminated against at t 1