Table 1.
Respondents’ characteristics
| Characteristics | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 60–64 | 8.4 |
| 65–74 | 84.0 |
| 75–84 | 2.8 |
| 85 or more | 0.4 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 50.4 |
| Male | 49.6 |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 58.3 |
| Partner | 13.3 |
| Never married | 5.1 |
| Divorced/separated | 13.8 |
| Widowed | 9.5 |
| Living arrangement | |
| With a household member(s) | 69.5 |
| Living alone at home | 30.2 |
| In a nursing house | 0.2 |
| Work status | |
| Full-time work | 18.2 |
| Part-time work | 8.1 |
| Retired | 71.4 |
| Not applicable/never worked | 2.2 |
| Primary means of living | |
| Salary/wages | 23.4 |
| Retirement wages/benefits | 73.6 |
| Property income | 1.2 |
| Local government or community subsidy | 1.6 |
| Spouse/child/grandchild/relative(s) support | 0.1 |
| Economic status (annual thousand SEK) | |
| Less than 150 | 11.1 |
| 151–200 | 19.5 |
| 201–250 | 18.5 |
| 251–300 | 14.9 |
| 301–350 | 12.2 |
| More than 351 | 23.8 |