Table 1.
Baseline population characteristics for men and women
|
Overall |
1895–1929 birth cohort |
1930–38 birth cohort |
1939–45 birth cohort |
1946–60 birth cohort |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=27 923) | Women (n=34 452) | Men (n=5818) | Women (n=8257) | Men (n=7602) | Women (n=8648) | Men (n=6651) | Women (n=7807) | Men (n=7852) | Women (n=9740) | ||
| Age at baseline, years | 64·8 (9·5) | 65·2 (10·2) | 78·5 (5·1) | 79·3 (5·4) | 68·1 (3·8) | 68·0 (3·8) | 61·1 (3·6) | 60·8 (3·6) | 54·6 (3·2) | 54·4 (3·3) | |
| Cohort | |||||||||||
| ELSA | 4957 (17·8%) | 5682 (16·5%) | 1190 (20·5%) | 1557 (18·9%) | 1362 (17·9%) | 1435 (16·6%) | 1164 (17·5%) | 1258 (16·1%) | 1241 (15·8%) | 1432 (14·7%) | |
| TILDA | 3461 (12·4%) | 4052 (11·8%) | .. | .. | 587 (7·7%) | 660 (7·6%) | 806 (12·1%) | 819 (10·5%) | 2068 (26·3%) | 2573 (26·4%) | |
| SHARE | 12 140 (43·5%) | 14 367 (41·7%) | 2082 (35·8%) | 2904 (35·2%) | 3055 (40·2%) | 3363 (38·9%) | 2909 (43·7%) | 3293 (42·2%) | 4094 (52·1%) | 4807 (49·4%) | |
| HRS | 7365 (26·4%) | 10 351 (30·0%) | 2546 (43·8%) | 3796 (46·0%) | 2598 (34·2%) | 3190 (36·9%) | 1772 (26·6%) | 2437 (31·2%) | 449 (5·7%) | 928 (9·5%) | |
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northern Europe | 2130 (7·6%) | 2412 (7·0%) | 405 (7·0%) | 490 (5·9%) | 501 (6·6%) | 527 (6·1%) | 527 (7·9%) | 600 (7·7%) | 697 (8·9%) | 795 (8·2%) | |
| Western Europe | 15 146 (54·2%) | 17 643 (51·2%) | 2299 (39·5%) | 3130 (37·9%) | 3595 (47·3%) | 3923 (45·4%) | 3564 (53·6%) | 3850 (49·3%) | 5688 (72·4%) | 6740 (69·2%) | |
| Southern Europe | 3282 (11·8%) | 4046 (11·7%) | 568 (9·8%) | 841 (10·2%) | 908 (11·9%) | 1008 (11·7%) | 788 (11·8%) | 920 (11·8%) | 1018 (13·0%) | 1277 (13·1%) | |
| North America | 7365 (26·4%) | 10 351 (30·0%) | 2546 (43·8%) | 3796 (46·0%) | 2598 (34·2%) | 3190 (36·9%) | 1772 (26·6%) | 2437 (31·2%) | 449 (5·7%) | 928 (9·5%) | |
| Marital status | |||||||||||
| Not married or partnered | 5340 (19·1%) | 12 983 (37·7%) | 1590 (27·3%) | 5337 (64·6%) | 1318 (17·3%) | 3372 (39·0%) | 1094 (16·4%) | 2136 (27·4%) | 1338 (17·0%) | 2138 (22·0%) | |
| Married or partnered | 22 583 (80·9%) | 21 469 (62·3%) | 4228 (72·7%) | 2920 (35·4%) | 6284 (82·7%) | 5276 (61·0%) | 5557 (83·6%) | 5671 (72·6%) | 6514 (83·0%) | 7602 (78·0%) | |
| Education | |||||||||||
| Below secondary | 10 507 (37·6%) | 15 240 (44·2%) | 2784 (47·9%) | 4675 (56·6%) | 3156 (41·5%) | 4272 (49·4%) | 2345 (35·3%) | 3159 (40·5%) | 2222 (28·3%) | 3134 (32·2%) | |
| Secondary | 11 719 (42·0%) | 14 527 (42·2%) | 2056 (35·3%) | 2904 (35·2%) | 3081 (40·5%) | 3461 (40·0%) | 2828 (42·5%) | 3472 (44·5%) | 3754 (47·8%) | 4690 (48·2%) | |
| Above secondary | 5697 (20·4%) | 4685 (13·6%) | 978 (16·8%) | 678 (8·2%) | 1365 (18·0%) | 915 (10·6%) | 1478 (22·2%) | 1176 (15·1%) | 1876 (23·9%) | 1916 (19·7%) | |
| Labour force status | |||||||||||
| Employed or self-employed | 9800 (35·1%) | 8890 (25·8%) | 176 (3·0%) | 139 (1·7%) | 1017 (13·4%) | 788 (9·1%) | 2835 (42·6%) | 2513 (32·2%) | 5772 (73·5%) | 5450 (56·0%) | |
| Unemployed or unable to work | 1804 (6·5%) | 1976 (5·7%) | 62 (1·1%) | 243 (2·9%) | 204 (2·7%) | 233 (2·7%) | 664 (10·0%) | 538 (6·9%) | 874 (11·1%) | 962 (9·9%) | |
| Retired or semi-retired | 16 159 (57·9%) | 15 165 (44·0%) | 5554 (95·5%) | 5707 (69·1%) | 6344 (83·5%) | 5590 (64·6%) | 3114 (46·8%) | 2854 (36·6%) | 1147 (14·6%) | 1014 (10·4%) | |
| Homemaker | 160 (0·6%) | 8421 (24·4%) | 26 (0·4%) | 2168 (26·3%) | 37 (0·5%) | 2037 (23·6%) | 38 (0·6%) | 1902 (24·4%) | 59 (0·8%) | 2314 (23·8%) | |
Data are mean (SD) or n (%). ELSA=English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. TILDA=The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. SHARE=Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. HRS=Health and Retirement Study.