International relevance of two measures of awareness of age-related change (AARC)

BMC Geriatrics

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study sample (N = 9410)

Characteristics	Statistic
Age (years), M (SD)	65.9 (7.1)
Range	51–95
Sex (Women %)	79.9
Ethnicity (%)
White	98.5
Mixed	0.5
Asian	0.6
Black	0.1
Other ethnic groups	0.3
Marital status (%)
Married/ civil partnership/ co-habiting	79.1
Widowed/ separated/ divorced/ single	20.9
University education (Yes %)	75.8
Current employment (Yes %)	42.6

N = 9410
University education was operationalized as a dichotomous variable. No university education included those participants that concluded secondary education or post-secondary education. University education included those participants that concluded vocational qualification, undergraduate degree, post-graduate degree, or doctorate. Secondary education = GCSE or O-levels. Post-secondary education = College, A-levels, NVQ3 or below, or similar. Vocational qualification = Diploma, certificate, BTEC, NVQ 4 and above, or similar. Undergraduate degree = BA or BSc, or similar. Post-graduate degree = MA, MSc, or similar. Doctorate = PhD

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