Characteristic | All elderly (n = 237) | Female (n = 151) | Male (n = 86) | |||
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N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
Age | ||||||
 ≤ 70 years | 108 | 45.6 | 79 | 52.3 | 29 | 33.7 |
 >  70 years | 129 | 54.4 | 72 | 47.7 | 57 | 66.3 |
Education | ||||||
 Primary and lower secondary education | 101 | 42.6 | 67 | 44.4 | 34 | 39.5 |
 Upper secondary, advanced level and higher education | 136 | 57.4 | 84 | 55.6 | 52 | 60.5 |
Marital status | ||||||
 Married | 96 | 40.5 | 57 | 37.7 | 39 | 45.3 |
 Unmarried | 88 | 37.1 | 56 | 37.1 | 32 | 37.2 |
 Widowed/ Divorced/Separated | 53 | 22.4 | 38 | 25.2 | 15 | 17.4 |
Chronic diseases | ||||||
 No diseases | 87 | 36.7 | 53 | 35.1 | 34 | 39.5 |
 1 | 86 | 36.3 | 59 | 39.1 | 27 | 31.4 |
 ≥ 2 | 64 | 27 | 39 | 25.8 | 25 | 29.1 |
Physical activity | ||||||
 Inactive | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.2 |
 Minimally active | 169 | 71.3 | 101 | 66.9 | 68 | 79.1 |
 Health Enhancing physical activity | 65 | 27.4 | 48 | 31.8 | 17 | 19.8 |