Table 1.

Summary statistics for pooled sample

Variable	Non-retirees male	Retirees male	Difference	Non-retirees female	Retirees female	Difference
Weight (kg)	66.09 (10.62)	66.64 (10.47)	0.54	60.48 (9.09)	61.33 (9.49)	0.84
Weight/height^2 (BMI)	24.00 (3.27)	24.34 (3.27)	0.33**	24.78 (3.11)	24.76 (3.39)	−0.01
Overweight	0.37 (0.48)	0.42 (0.49)	0.05**	0.46 (0.50)	0.43 (0.50)	−0.02
Age	57.92 (2.53)	61.96 (2.54)	4.05***	49.27 (2.95)	52.89 (2.46)	3.63***
Rural Hukou	0.55 (0.49)	0.14 (0.35)	−0.41***	0.53 (0.49)	0.10 (0.30)	−0.43***
Married with spouse present	0.91 (0.29)	0.92 (0.27)	0.02	0.87 (0.34)	0.89 (0.30)	0.03
Widowed	0.03 (0.17)	0.02 (0.13)	−0.01*	0.04 (0.19)	0.04 (0.19)	0.00
High school and below	0.88 (0.33)	0.85 (0.36)	0.07***	0.92 (0.27)	0.83 (0.38)	−0.23***
Vocational school	0.07 (0.25)	0.08 (0.28)	0.02	0.04 (0.19)	0.09 (0.29)	0.05***
College and above	0.06 (0.23)	0.07 (0.26)	0.01	0.04 (0.20)	0.09 (0.28)	0.04***
Household size	2.91 (1.99)	2.64 (1.96)	−0.28***	2.56 (1.57)	2.39 (1.49)	−0.18*
Vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes	0.41 (0.49)	0.25 (0.44)	−0.16***	0.26 (0.44)	0.11 (0.32)	−0.15***
Days of vigorous activities (conditional)	5.22 (2.26)	5.20 (2.18)	−0.83***	5.23 (2.21)	4.62 (2.27)	−0.81***
Ever drink any alcohol last year	0.61 (0.49)	0.59 (0.49)	−0.02	0.19 (0.39)	0.23 (0.42)	0.03
Frequency of drinking last year (conditional)	4.12 (2.59)	4.06 (2.75)	−0.12	1.30 (1.89)	1.07 (1.73)	−0.01
Smoke now	0.55 (0.50)	0.47 (0.50)	−0.08**	0.03 (0.16)	0.03 (0.18)	0.01
Number of cigarette smoked per day (conditional)	18.79 (10.87)	18.10 (10.17)	−1.70**	12.83 (9.91)	11.64 (5.84)	0.13
Log (food consumption per capita)	7.89 (1.82)	8.19 (1.72)	0.30***	7.98 (1.84)	8.31 (1.77)	0.33***
N	1041	817		832	400

Source: CHARLS 2011, 2013, 2015. Sample is narrowed to a +/− 5-year band from retirement age. Note: Standard deviations are in parentheses. Difference is the mean difference between retirees and non-retirees of each variable.

^**Significant at 5% level;

^***Significant at 1% level.