Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

Persons older than 65 years old		N	%
Gender	Male	220	43.8
N=502	Female	282	56.2
Age	Mean age (SD)	72.5 (7.2)
N=502
Education	No formal education	101	20.1
N=502	Primary school (completed grade 5)	162	32.3
	Intermediate (completed grade 9)	117	23.3
	Secondary (completed grade 12)	90	17.9
	Vocational training /University	32	6.4
Marital status	Married	315	62.7
N = 502	Single/widowed/divorced/separated	187	37.3
Still working	Yes	150	30.5
N= 491	No	341	69.5
Highest job ever held*	Never worked	186	42.3
N= 440	Managers	11	2.5
	Professionals	16	3.6
	Technicians and associate professionals	13	3.0
	Clerical support workers	33	7.5
	Service and sales workers	99	22.5
	Craft and related trades workers	51	11.6
	Plant and machine operators and assemblers	7	1.6
	Elementary workers (cleaners, laborers, unskilled farmers)	14	3.2
	Armed forces occupations	10	2.2
Sufficient income for basic needs	Yes	356	73.3
N=486	No	130	26.7
Monthly income	< 500,000 Lebanese pound (333 USD)	38	9.7
N=392	500,000 – 999,000 Lebanese pound (333-666 USD)	175	44.6
	1,000,000-3,000,000 Lebanese pound (666-2000 USD)	152	38.8
	>3,000,000 Lebanese pound (2000 USD)	27	6.9
Informants for the older persons
Relationship to the older person	Spouse	152	30.2
N=502	Children/children in law	245	48.8
	Other relatives	61	12.2
	Other (friends, neighbors, etc.)	44	8.8
Gender	Male	160	31.7
N=502	Female	343	68.3
Age	Mean age (SD)	49.5 (17.7)
N=502
Education	No formal education	49	9.8
N=502	Primary school (completed grade 5)	78	15.5
	Intermediate (completed grade 9)	83	16.5
	Secondary (completed grade 12)	154	30.7
	Vocational training / University	138	27.5
Marital status	Married	351	69.9
N=502	Single/widowed/divorced/separated	151	30.1
Sufficient income for basic needs	Yes	396	79.5
N=498	No	102	20.5

^*International Labor Organization classification ISCO-88