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Table 2 Descriptive data showing all variables by age groups (n = 9211)

From: Multimorbidity resilience and COVID-19 pandemic self-reported impact and worry among older adults: a study based on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

 

All

participants

N = 9211

n/% or mean(SD)

65 to 74 years old participants

n = 4835

n/% or mean(SD)

75 years and older participants

n = 4376

n/% or mean(SD)

χ 2(df)/t test (df)

Sex

   

4.27(1) *

 Female

5004/ 54.33

2676/ 55.35

2328/ 53.20

 

 Male

4207/ 45.67

2159/ 44.65

2048/ 46.80

 

Age

 

–

–

 

 65 to 74 years old

4835/ 52.49

   

 75 years and older

4376/ 47.51

   

Marital status

   

118.03 (1) ***

 Not married

3239/ 35.18

1452/ 30.04

1787/ 40.86

 

 Married / Common law

5968/ 64.82

3382/ 69.96

2586/ 59.14

 

Household size

   

210.76 (2) ***

 1 person

2795/ 31.26

1186/ 25.06

1609/ 38.23

 

 2 persons

5178/ 57.91

2908/ 61.45

2270/ 53.93

 

 3 persons and more

968/ 10.83

638/ 13.48

330/ 7.84

 

Highest education

   

73.91 (2) ***

 No post-secondary education

2194/ 23.84

979/ 20.26

1215/ 27.80

 

 Post-secondary education

2834/ 30.80

1529/ 31.64

1305/ 29.86

 

 University degrees

4174/ 45.36

2324/ 48.10

1850/ 42.33

 

Work status

   

335.09 (1) ***

 Work

841/ 9.42

697/ 14.76

144/ 3.42

 

 Non-working

8087/ 90.58

4025/ 85.24

4062/ 96.58

 

Personal income

   

30.42 (3) ***

 Less than $20,000

1186/ 13.61

654/ 14.08

532/ 13.08

 

 $20,000 to $49,999

3805/ 43.68

1925/ 41.44

1880/ 46.23

 

 $50,000 to $99,999

2895/ 33.23

1567/ 33.74

1328/ 32.65

 

 $100,000 and more

826/ 9.48

499/ 10.74

327/ 8.04

 

Living area

   

32.77 (1) ***

 Rural area

824/ 8.99

511/ 10.61

313/ 7.19

 

 Urban area

8343/ 91.01

4303/ 89.39

4040/ 92.81

 

Country of birth

   

59.70 (1) ***

 Canada

7409/ 80.44

4036/ 83.47

3373/ 77.08

 

 Out of Canada

1802/ 19.56

799/ 16.53

1003/ 22.92

 

Ethnicity status

   

0.10 (1)

 Not visible minority

8873/ 96.42

4663/ 96.48

4210/ 96.36

 

 Visible minority

329/ 3.58

170/ 3.52

159/ 3.64

 

Total resilience score

6.45 (1.62)

6.60 (1.62)

6.27 (1.60)

8.88 (7604) ***

Functional resilience score

7.23 (1.87

7.68 (1.69)

6.71 (1.93)

23.69 (7375) ***

Psychological resilience score

5.18 (2.89)

5.11 (2.94)

5.25 (2.83)

−2.18 (8871) *

Social resilience score

6.71 (1.90)

6.85 (1.90)

6.56 (1.89)

7.33 (8872) ***

Personal worry at Baseline wave

   

60.53 (1) ***

 Less worry

4095/ 52.09

1994/ 47.96

2101/ 56.74

 

 More worry

3766/ 47.91

2164/ 52.04

1602/ 43.26

 

Comprehensive impact at Baseline wave

   

0.65 (1)

 Positive

3244/ 38.40

1714/ 38.00

1530/ 38.85

 

 Negative

5205/ 61.60

2797/ 62.00

2408/ 61.15

 

Comprehensive impact at Exit wave

   

0.38 (1) *

 Positive

2718/ 35.74

1398/ 34.54

1320/ 37.10

 

 Negative

4887/ 64.26

2649/ 65.46

2238/ 62.90

 
  1. Note: * p < 0.05, **, p < 0.01, ***, p < .001