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Table 1 Distribution of demographic and socio-behavioral characteristics [mean (SD) or percentage] by gender and birth cohort, Taiwan, 2006

From: General cognitive status among Baby boomers and pre-boomers in Taiwan: the interplay between mid-life socioeconomic status and city residence

 

Female

Male

Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)

Pre-Boomers (born before 1946)

p-value

Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)

Pre-Boomers (born before 1946)

p-value

N = 275

N = 315

 

N = 257

N = 396

 

Mid-life SES (%)

  

0.00

  

0.00

 Low

0.00b

18.57

 

0.00b

10.63

 

 Medium

54.84

45.27

 

49.74

50.52

 

 High

45.16

36.16

 

50.26

38.85

 

City residence in 2006 (%)

53.91

44.51

0.06

51.55

43.08

0.10

APOE4 (%)

  

0.00

  

0.00

 Non-carrier

62.54

83.57

 

67.45

85.49

 

 Carrier

11.81

16.43

 

10.70

14.51

 

 Unknown

25.64

0.00a

 

21.85

0.00a

 

Economic strain (%)

  

0.81

  

0.04

 Enough

7.12

7.31

 

10.63

6.59

 

 Just enough

73.46

70.04

 

65.14

68.10

 

 Some difficulty

14.57

16.54

 

22.29

19.09

 

 Much difficulty

4.86

6.12

 

1.93

6.21

 

Marital status (%)

  

0.00

  

0.00

 Currently married

80.15

58.74

 

89.98

82.73

 

 Widowed

15.15

39.42

 

2.79

11.94

 

 Never married/separated/divorced

4.70

1.84

 

7.22

5.33

 

Family living arrangement (%)

 Living with partners

77.11

54.15

0.00

89.85

79.35

0.00

 Living with grandchildren

32.92

51.77

0.00

19.39

43.45

0.00

Family stressor (%)

  

0.21

  

0.04

 0

55.96

60.91

 

61.39

65.00

 

 1

18.03

14.57

 

19.82

12.28

 

 2 and more

26.00

24.52

 

18.79

22.72

 

Weekly exercise (%)

  

0.01

  

0.00

 Less than 1

23.65

14.71

 

20.08

13.24

 

 2–5

52.80

59.15

 

60.72

53.78

 

 6+

23.55

26.15

 

19.19

32.98

 

Depressive symptoms [mean (SD); range]

4.43 (5.59; 0–26)

6.04 (6.11; 0–26)

0.00

3.25 (4.65; 0–30)

4.68 (5.33; 0–28)

0.00

Age [mean (SD); range]

56.39 (2.12; 53–60)

70.29 (6.57; 61–85)

0.00

56.32 (2.14; 53–60)

70.88 (6.73; 61–85)

0.00

Ethnicity (%)

  

0.27

  

0.00

 Fukianese

81.21

77.21

 

72.01

70.30

 

 Hakka

13.95

17.74

 

22.07

13.00

 

 Mainlander

4.84

5.06

 

5.92

16.69

 

Cognitive score [mean (SD); range]

20.20 (3.87; 5–28)

16.51 (5.13; 0–26)

0.00

21.30 (3.20; 8–27)

18.45 (4.32; 0–27)

0.00

  1. N is unweighted; percentages and means are weighted. Percentages may not sum to 100 owing to rounding. Chi-square tests were used for testing by birth cohort the significance of categorical variables and t-tests were used for testing by birth cohort the significance of continuous variables. aTwo observations were excluded due to missing APOE status. bThe five low SES individuals in this cohort were combined with the medium SES group
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