Table 1. Descriptive statistics.

	Northern EU (N = 1,662)		Central-Eastern EU (N = 4,387)		Southern EU (N = 1,980)		Western EU (N = 2,537)		Central-Western EU (N = 2,526)		All (N = 13092)
Male sex of the respondent (N, %)	804	48.4	1645	37.5	1236	62.4	1309	51.6	1250	49.5	6244	47.7
Age at interview (mean, SD)	71.7	5.9	70.9	6.7	71.9	6.5	70.8	6.6	70.6	6.3	71.1	6.5
Quality of life (mean, SD)	40.5	4.9	36.0	6.2	35.2	6.0	38.6	6.0	39.9	5.6	37.7	6.2
Childhood finances (N, %)
Poor	260	15.6	1699	38.7	814	41.1	574	22.6	779	30.8	4126	31.5
About average	1138	68.5	2412	55.0	1053	53.2	1494	58.9	1487	58.9	7584	57.9
Pretty well	264	15.9	276	6.3	113	5.7	469	18.5	260	10.3	1382	10.6
Childhood finances (mean SD)	2.0	0.6	1.7	0.6	1.6	0.6	2.0	0.6	1.8	0.6	1.8	0.6
Childhood health (N, %)
Poor	35	2.1	231	5.3	41	2.1	65	2.6	81	3.2	453	3.5
Fair	117	7.0	584	13.3	95	4.8	177	7.0	289	11.4	1262	9.6
Good	267	16.1	1359	31.0	686	34.6	747	29.4	719	28.5	3778	28.9
Very good	368	22.1	1261	28.7	676	34.1	667	26.3	841	33.3	3813	29.1
Excellent	875	52.6	952	21.7	482	24.3	881	34.7	596	23.6	3786	28.9
Childhood health (mean, SD)	4.2	1.1	3.5	1.1	3.7	0.9	3.8	1.1	3.6	1.1	3.7	1.1
Self-perceived health (N, %)
Poor	74	4.5	716	16.3	252	12.7	178	7.0	204	8.1	1424	10.9
Fair	328	19.7	1757	40.1	619	31.3	692	27.3	740	29.3	4136	31.6
Good	504	30.3	1457	33.2	772	39.0	1049	41.3	951	37.6	4733	36.2
Very good	447	26.9	348	7.9	255	12.9	422	16.6	476	18.8	1948	14.9
Excellent	309	18.6	109	2.5	82	4.1	196	7.7	155	6.1	851	6.5
Self-perceived health (mean, SD)	3.4	1.1	2.4	0.9	2.6	1.0	2.9	1.0	2.9	1.0	2.7	1.0
Household net income (mean, SD)	25025.1	12812.5	10890.2	6835.0	14033.8	8012	25546.0	20428.4	20549.5	10271.1	17863.7	13610.0
Education according to ISCED-97 (mean, SD)	3.0	1.5	2.9	1.2	1.5	1.4	2.8	1.6	3.3	1.2	2.8	1.5
Living with spouse/partner (N, %)	1210	72.8	2599	59.2	1466	74.0	1644	64.8	1670	66.1	8589	65.6
Verbal fluency score (mean, SD)	22.2	6.5	21.5	6.8	15.2	6.2	19.4	6.3	22.5	7.2	20.4	7.1
Number of children (mean, SD)	2.3	1.2	2.1	1.1	2.1	1.4	2.2	1.4	2.0	1.4	2.1	1.3