Table 1.
Sample characteristics and mean LIBRA scores according to sociodemographic and socioeconomic strata in the LIFE-Adult-Study (n = 6203).
| Variable | Sample N (%) |
LIBRA score M (SD) |
LIBRA Score diff p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, M (SD) | 57.36 (10.6) | ||
| Midlife (40–59) | 3536 (57.0) | − 0.06 (2.60) | 0.847 |
| Early late life (60–79) | 2667 (43.0) | − 0.07 (2.60) | |
| Sex | |||
| Women | 3288 (53.0) | − 0.10 (2.59) | 0.275 |
| Men | 2915 (47.0) | − 0.03 (2.61) | |
| Education | |||
| Low | 325 (5.3) | 0.93 (2.41) | < 0.001 |
| Middle | 3511 (57.0) | 0.43 (2.49) | |
| High | 2329 (37.7) | − 0.96 (2.54) | |
| Occupational status | |||
| 1.0–1.9 | 59 (1.0) | 1.06 (2.16) | < 0.001 |
| 2.0–2.9 | 877 (14.2) | 1.08 (2.30) | |
| 3.0–3.9 | 1627 (26.3) | 0.45 (2.42) | |
| 4.0–4.9 | 3229 (52.1) | − 0.51 (2.62) | |
| 5.0–5.9 | 209 (3.4) | − 0.92 (2.54) | |
| 6.0–7.0 | 192 (3.1) | − 1.53 (2.32) | |
| Net household income, median (€) | 2600,00 | ||
| Below median | 2327 (50.0) | 0.21 (2.58) | < 0.001 |
| Above median | 2328 (50.0) | − 0.57 (2.50) | |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| Low | 987 (15.9) | 1.31 (2.29) | < 0.001 |
| Middle | 3742 (60.3) | − 0.01 (2.54) | |
| High | 1474 (23.8) | − 1.12 (2.50) | |
| Marital status | |||
| In partnership/married | 3887 (62.7) | − 0.22 (2.57) | < 0.001 |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 2316 (37.3) | 0.19 (2.63) | |
| Living situation | |||
| Single household | 1283 (20.7) | 0.45 (2.62) | < 0.001 |
| Multi-person household | 4916 (79.3) | − 0.20 (2.58) | |
| Employment | |||
| Employed | 3680 (59.3) | − 0.21 (2.53) | < 0.001 |
| Unemployed/housewife | 423 (6.8) | 1.10 (2.62) | |
| Retired | 2098 (33.9) | − 0.05 (2.65) | |
| Social isolation | |||
| Socially integrated | 5199 (83.8) | − 0.21 (2.56) | < 0.001 |
| Socially isolated | 1004 (16.2) | 0.71 (2.65) | |
Annotations: Occupational status according to Lampert et al. 25, higher scores indicate higher status.