Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) measures employed for Israeli people, 50+ years of age

Variable	Value*	n
Age (years)	68.4 ± 9.6	2,441
Sex
Female	56.4%	2,441
Male	43.6%	2,441
OECD equivalised income (€)	1,626 ± 2,838	1,762
Dental care is paid for:
Mostly or fully by insurance	10.0%	2,280
Mostly or fully by respondent	90.0%	2,280
Subjective general health is:
Excellent	6.0%	2,417
Very good	17.4%	2,417
Good	26.2%	2,417
Fair	31.9%	2,417
Poor	18.5%	2,417
Labour force status
Employed or self-employed (including working for family business)	31.3%	2,404
Retired	44.9%	2,404
Unemployed and looking for work	1.5%	2,404
Permanently sick or disabled	6.9%	2,404
Homemaker	14.0%	2,404
Other (rent, live off own property,student, do voluntary work)	1.3%	2,404

^*Values are given as mean ± standard deviation or percentage.

OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.