Table 3.
Subjective and objective distributions broken down by work status: ages 50+
| The Netherlands (LISS) | The USA (UAS) | England (ELSA) | ||||||||||
| Subjective | Objective | Subjective | Objective | Subjective | Objective | |||||||
| Non-working | Working | Non-working | Working | Non-working | Working | Non-working | Working | Non-working | Working | Non-working | Working | |
| Inactive (%) | 9 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 |
| Mildly active (%) | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 8 |
| Moderately active (%) | 42 | 41 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 40 | 19 | 13 |
| Active (%) | 25 | 27 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 33 |
| Very active (%) | 3 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| Observations (n) | 295 | 152 | 295 | 152 | 143 | 136 | 145 | 138 | 175 | 73 | 178 | 76 |
| χ2 (4) (P value) | 1.75 | (0.78) | 46.84 | (1.6e-9) | 10.82 | (0.02) | 14.75 | (0.005) | 3.08 | (0.54) | 29.20 | (7.11e-06) |
ELSA, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; LISS, Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences; UAS, Understanding America Study.