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. 2020 Dec 10;76(3):620–631. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa223

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics at Baseline, by Country

Country N Word recall Retirement age Statutory retirement age (2017) Baseline age Low education Medium education High education Female Married
M (SD) M (SD) M M (SD) % % % % %
Social-democratic
 Sweden 860 10.6 (2.8) 64.2 (2.4) 65.00 58.6 (3.5) 33.5 33.6 32.9 54.1 82.8
 Denmark 637 11.0 (2.9) 62.4 (3.2) 65.00 57.3 (3.7) 8.8 38.3 55.4 53.4 77.4
Conservative
 Austria 504 11.0 (3.6) 60.0 (3.1) 62.50 56.4 (3.5) 14.3 50.8 34.9 53.4 70.4
 Belgium 885 10.3 (3.1) 60.4 (3.4) 64.50 55.8 (3.6) 31.1 31.6 37.3 45.2 76.8
 Germany 529 10.5 (2.8) 62.6 (3.0) 65.00 57.6 (3.7) 7.0 53.7 39.3 51 84.7
 France 811 9.8 (3.1) 60.2 (3.0) 62.00 55.5 (3.3) 23.6 44.8 31.7 49 72.5
 The Netherlands 397 10.2 (3.2) 61.7 (3.0) 65.00 57.7 (3.3) 36.0 24.9 39.0 41.1 89.2
 Switzerland 549 11.0 (3.0) 63.3 (2.9) 64.50 58.8 (3.7) 20.6 62.7 16.8 48.6 76
Mediterranean
 Greece 465 9.4 (2.9) 63.1 (3.7) 65.00 56.5 (3.8) 39.6 34.8 25.6 33.8 84.1
 Israel 354 9.0 (3.0) 63.1 (4.0) 65.00 58.1 (3.6) 24.6 38.1 37.3 59.6 86.7
 Italy 445 8.8 (3.0) 60.3 (3.7) 62.50 56.1 (3.7) 53.3 33.5 13.3 39.3 88.1
 Portugal 85 8.0 (3.0) 60.9 (3.8) 65.00 58.8 (4.1) 78.8 9.4 11.8 61.2 82.4
 Spain 505 8.0 (3.3) 62.1 (3.5) 65.00 57.5 (4.1) 66.3 16.8 16.8 37.2 87.5
Eastern European
 Poland 233 8.7 (3.2) 59.3 (3.5) 62.50 55.0 (3.2) 18.9 67.8 13.3 52.8 87.6
 Czech Republic 684 10.1 (3.1) 60.3 (2.8) 64.25 57.2 (3.1) 39.3 47.2 13.5 54.2 77.6
 Estonia 518 10.0 (3.2) 62.1 (3.4) 63.00 59.8 (3.4) 14.9 59.7 25.5 55.2 67
 Slovenia 185 9.9 (3.2) 59.1 (2.9) 64.00 56.2 (2.7) 16.2 61.6 22.2 47.6 80
Total 8,646 10.0 (3.2) 61.6 (3.5) 63.85 57.2 (3.8) 29.0 41.7 29.4 48.9 79.5
Country Self-rated health Depressive symptoms Comorbidity ERI Low job control Difficulty to make ends meet
Social-democratic
 Sweden 2.3 (0.96) 1.7 (1.7) 30 0.95 (0.41) 3.8 (1.3) 10.3
 Denmark 2.2 (0.98) 1.6 (1.8) 34.5 0.96 (0.40) 3.8 (1.4) 10
Conservative
 Austria 2.5 (0.99) 1.7 (1.8) 28 0.99 (0.44) 4.4 (1.5) 15.9
 Belgium 2.6 (0.94) 2.3 (2.1) 33.7 0.98 (0.47) 4.3 (1.4) 21.9
 Germany 2.8 (0.96) 1.7 (1.8) 28.9 1.02 (0.47) 4.1 (1.4) 18.3
 France 2.7 (0.99) 2.4 (2.0) 27.9 0.97 (0.46) 4.3 (1.6) 29.2
 The Netherlands 2.6 (1.0) 1.6 (1.7) 22.9 0.87 (0.31) 3.9 (1.1) 12.8
 Switzerland 2.4 (0.93) 1.8 (1.7) 23 0.86 (0.37) 4.0 (1.3) 10
Mediterranean
 Greece 2.5 (0.84) 1.5 (1.8) 22.4 1.11 (0.46) 4.7 (1.4) 64.9
 Israel 2.7 (1.1) 2.0 (1.9) 37 0.97 (0.40) 4.5 (1.3) 53.7
 Italy 2.7 (0.96) 2.1 (2.0) 27 1.14 (0.49) 4.7 (1.5) 53.9
 Portugal 3.6 (0.76) 2.7 (2.5) 50.6 1.09 (0.44) 4.5 (1.3) 64.7
 Spain 2.8 (0.91) 1.9 (2.1) 27.5 0.99 (0.39) 4.6 (1.3) 45.3
Eastern European
 Poland 3.3 (0.92) 2.9 (2.2) 32.6 1.11 (0.44) 5.0 (1.3) 67.8
 Czech Republic 3.0 (0.92) 1.7 (1.9) 33 1.07 (0.43) 4.6 (1.2) 47.2
 Estonia 3.7 (0.81) 2.6 (2.0) 40 1.02 (0.40) 4.6 (1.3) 43.8
 Slovenia 2.9 (0.91) 1.9 (1.6) 25.9 1.05 (0.49) 4.5 (1.2) 51.9
Total 2.7 (1.0) 2.0 (1.9) 30.2 0.99 (0.44) 4.3 (1.4) 31.1