Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of men and women aged 50+ from 20 European countries participating in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) from 2004–2005 to 2015
| All countries |
Northern Europea |
Western Europeb |
Southern Europec |
Eastern Europed |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Individuals | 51,292 (45.3) | 62,007 (54.7) | 5716 (46.9) | 6464 (53.1) | 21,091 (45.7) | 25,021 (54.3) | 11,626 (45.8) | 13,746 (54.2) | 12,859 (43.4) | 16,776 (56.6) |
| Observations | ||||||||||
| Age 50–54 | 13,033 (12.0) | 18,041 (13.3) | 1631 (11.7) | 2108 (13.1) | 6339 (13.6) | 8452 (14.9) | 2558 (10.6) | 3827 (13.1) | 2505 (10.4) | 3654 (11.0) |
| Age 55–59 | 18,578 (17.1) | 23,364 (17.3) | 2156 (15.4) | 2626 (16.3) | 8352 (17.9) | 10,200 (18.0) | 3780 (15.6) | 4830 (16.6) | 4290 (17.8) | 5708 (17.2) |
| Age 60–64 | 20,105 (18.5) | 23,578 (17.4) | 2514 (18.0) | 2831 (17.6) | 8655 (18.6) | 9944 (17.5) | 4247 (17.5) | 4823 (16.5) | 4689 (19.5) | 5980 (18.0) |
| Age 65–69 | 18,652 (17.1) | 21,293 (15.7) | 2572 (18.4) | 2857 (17.7) | 7702 (16.5) | 8517 (15.0) | 4130 (17.0) | 4552 (15.6) | 4248 (17.6) | 5367 (16.1) |
| Age 70–74 | 15,316 (14.1) | 17,679 (13.1) | 2008 (14.4) | 2100 (13.0) | 6266 (13.4) | 7071 (12.5) | 3611 (14.9) | 3821 (13.1) | 3431 (14.2) | 4687 (14.0) |
| Age 75–79 | 11,577 (10.6) | 14,078 (10.4) | 1472 (10.5) | 1566 (9.7) | 4669 (10.0) | 5482 (9.7) | 2892 (11.9) | 3229 (11.1) | 2544 (10.6) | 3801 (11.4) |
| Age 80–84 | 7370 (6.8) | 10,001 (7.4) | 948 (6.8) | 1110 (6.9) | 2933 (6.3) | 4037 (7.1) | 1858 (7.7) | 2286 (7.8) | 1631 (6.8) | 2568 (7.7) |
| Age 85–89 | 3297 (3.0) | 5155 (3.8) | 509 (3.6) | 640 (4.0) | 1317 (2.8) | 2129 (3.8) | 839 (3.5) | 1250 (4.3) | 632 (2.6) | 1136 (3.4) |
| Age ≥ 90 | 1057 (1.0) | 2084 (1.5) | 169 (1.21) | 282 (1.8) | 431 (0.9) | 904 (1.6) | 315 (1.3) | 550 (1.9) | 142 (0.6) | 348 (1.1) |
| Total | 108,985 | 135,273 | 13,979 | 16,120 | 46,664 | 56,736 | 24,245 | 29,295 | 24,112 | 33,249 |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 66.2 (9.7) | 66.3 (10.3) | 66.6 (9.8) | 66.4 (10.3) | 65.6 (9.8) | 65.9 (10.4) | 67.1 (9.9) | 66.8 (10.6) | 67.1 (9.9) | 66.8 (10.6) |
| Participation by proxye | ||||||||||
| Respondent only | 102,631 (94.5) | 128,988 (95.6) | 13,490 (96.7) | 15,731 (97.7) | 44,096 (94.9) | 54,241 (95.9) | 22,468 (92.9) | 27,004 (92.8) | 22,577 (93.9) | 32,012 (96.5) |
| Proxy and respondent | 3079 (2.8) | 3006 (2.2) | 305 (2.2) | 204 (1.3) | 1447 (3.1) | 1322 (2.3) | 699 (2.9) | 928 (3.2) | 628 (2.6) | 552 (1.7) |
| Proxy only | 2940 (2.7) | 2919 (2.2) | 157 (1.1) | 165 (1.0) | 936 (2.0) | 972 (1.7) | 1007 (4.2) | 1175 (4.0) | 840 (3.5) | 607 (1.8) |
| Missing | 335 (0.3) | 360 (0.3) | 27 (0.2) | 20 (0.1) | 185 (0.4) | 201 (0.4) | 56 (0.2) | 61 (0.2) | 67 (0.3) | 78 (0.2) |
| Educatione | ||||||||||
| Low (primary and lower secondary) | 41,845 (39.1) | 63,020 (47.3) | 4164 (30.4) | 5374 (33.9) | 12,976 (28.3) | 22,769 (40.8) | 16,560 (69.7) | 21,751 (76.1) | 8145 (34.2) | 13,126 (39.9) |
| Medium (upper secondary education) | 40,478 (37.8) | 45,574 (34.2) | 5238 (38.2) | 4994 (31.5) | 19,500 (42.5) | 21,280 (38.2) | 4309 (18.1) | 4453 (15.6) | 11,431 (48.0) | 14,847 (45.1) |
| High (tertiary education) | 24,829 (23.2) | 24,558 (18.4) | 4304 (31.4) | 5500 (34.7) | 13,376 (29.2) | 11,734 (21.0) | 2890 (12.2) | 2376 (8.3) | 4259 (17.8) | 4948 (15.0) |
| Missing | 1833 (1.7) | 2121 (1.6) | 273 (2.0) | 252 (1.6) | 812 (1.7) | 953 (1.7) | 471 (1.9) | 588 (2.0) | 277 (1.2) | 328 (1.0) |
| Body Mass Index (BMI)e | ||||||||||
| Underweight (BMI < 18.5) | 544 (0.5) | 2472 (1.9) | 73 (0.5) | 402 (2.6) | 244 (0.5) | 1323 (2.4) | 77 (0.39 | 398 (1.5) | 150 (0.6) | 349 (1.1) |
| Normal weight (BMI 18.5–24.9) | 33,358 (31.3) | 52,489 (40.3) | 5271 (38.2) | 7524 (48.1) | 15,181 (33.1) | 24,738 (45.0) | 6549 (28.2) | 10,549 (38.6) | 6357 (27.0) | 9678 (30.1) |
| Overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9) | 51,227 (48.1) | 47,273 (36.3) | 6349 (46.1) | 5331 (34.1) | 21,632 (47.1) | 18,669 (33.9) | 12,336 (53.2) | 10,667 (39.0) | 10,910 (46.3) | 12,606 (39.3) |
| Obese (BMI ≥ 30) | 21,322 (20.0) | 27,901 (21.4) | 2092 (15.2) | 2378 (15.2) | 8857 (19.3) | 10,289 (18.7) | 4240 (18.3) | 5754 (21.0) | 6133 (26.0) | 9480 (29.5) |
| Missing | 2534 (2.3) | 5138 (3.8) | 194 (1.4) | 485 (3.0) | 750 (1.6) | 1717 (3.0) | 1028 (4.2) | 1800 (6.2) | 562 (2.3) | 1136 (3.4) |
Data are N (%) unless otherwise stated
a
Denmark and Sweden
b
Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland and Luxembourg
c
Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal
d
Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia and Croatia
e
Missing observations excluded from percentage calculations