Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of observations (in any wave) in the full sample and longitudinal subsample.
| Full sample |
Longitudinal subsample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| All observations |
All observations |
First observation |
Last observation |
|
| n | % | % | % | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 32,423 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Female | 40,277 | 55 | 55 | 55 |
| Age group | ||||
| 50–55 | 10,326 | 14 | 35 | 6 |
| 56–60 | 13,177 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
| 61–65 | 13,062 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| 66–75 | 21,517 | 30 | 23 | 33 |
| 76- | 14,618 | 20 | 11 | 32 |
| Mean | 66 | 62 | 70 | |
| Mortgage debt amount quartiles | ||||
| No debt | 60,253 | 83 | 74 | 88 |
| First non-zero quartile | 3118 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Second | 3108 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Third | 3110 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Fourth | 3111 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Any | 12,447 | 17 | 26 | 12 |
| Non-mortgage debt amount quartiles | ||||
| No debt | 52,757 | 73 | 63 | 78 |
| First non-zero quartile | 4986 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| Second | 4994 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Third | 4981 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Fourth | 4982 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Any | 19,943 | 27 | 37 | 22 |
| Education | ||||
| Low | 32,221 | 44 | 46 | 46 |
| Intermediate | 19,434 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| High | 21,045 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Household size | ||||
| 1 | 18,119 | 25 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | 41,578 | 57 | 54 | 57 |
| 3 | 8334 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| 4 or more | 4669 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 20,130 | 28 | 39 | 19 |
| Self-employed | 5221 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Seeking work | 579 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sick and not seeking | 3280 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Retired | 38,824 | 53 | 37 | 65 |
| Unoccupied | 4666 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married or cohabiting | 50,682 | 70 | 73 | 66 |
| Single/never married | 3598 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Widowed | 11,301 | 16 | 12 | 19 |
| Divorced or separated | 7119 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mental wellbeing | ||||
| Mean CES-D 8 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.59 | |
| Mean CASP-19 | 41.7 | 42.3 | 40.7 | |