Table 1 Characteristics of participants at age 68–72 years and 73–77 years, by period of assessment (cohort)*
From: Quality of life profile in three cohorts of community-dwelling Swiss older people
Age 68–72 years | Age 73–77 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 (war) | 2016 (baby-boom) | P-value | 2011 (pre-war) | 2016 (war) | P-value | |
N = 1264 | N = 1381 | N = 1078 | N = 1041 | |||
Gender | 0.178 | 0.762 | ||||
Men | 521 (41.2) | 605 (43.8) | 418 (38.8) | 397 (38.1) | ||
Women | 743 (58.8) | 776 (56.2) | 660 (61.2) | 644 (61.9) | ||
Education | 0.002 | < 0.001 | ||||
High | 533 (42.2) | 663 (48.1) | 382 (35.6) | 446 (42.8) | ||
Medium | 506 (40.0) | 525 (38.0) | 432 (40.3) | 414 (39.8) | ||
Low | 225 (17.8) | 192 (13.9) | 258 (24.1) | 181 (17.4) | ||
Living arrangement | 0.361 | 0.047 | ||||
Not alone | 755 (59.9) | 846 (61.7) | 633 (59.0) | 569 (54.7) | ||
Alone | 505 (40.1) | 526 (38.3) | 440 (41.0) | 471 (45.3) | ||
Medical diagnoses | 0.613 | 0.004 | ||||
0 | 472 (37.6) | 543 (39.5) | 275 (25.5) | 298 (28.6) | ||
1 | 454 (36.2) | 483 (35.2) | 368 (34.1) | 395 (37.9) | ||
2 or more | 328 (26.2) | 348 (25.3) | 435 (40.4) | 348 (33.5) | ||
Depressive symptoms | 0.349 | 0.483 | ||||
No | 956 (76.4) | 1068 (78.0) | 782 (72.8) | 772 (74.2) | ||
Yes | 295 (23.6) | 302 (22.0) | 292 (27.2) | 269 (25.8) | ||