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Table 1 Key demographic and health factors

From: Self-reported health and the well-being paradox among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study using baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Characteristic

Total

Combined Dataset (n = 21,503) or Comprehensive Dataset only (n = 12,658)*

Sex

n

Proportion

 Female

10,749

50.02%

 Male

10,742

49.98%

 Total

21,491

 

Age

 Mean Age (SD)

73.36 (5.82)

 Median Age (Range)

73 (65 – 89)

Marital / Partner Status

n

Proportion

 Single / Always lived alone

1207

5.62%

 Married / Common-law

13,287

61.83%

 Widowed, Divorced / Separated

6993

32.54%

 Refused

4

0.02

 Total

21,491

 

Race (not mutually exclusive)

n

Proportion

 White

20,832

96.88%

 Other Race

816

3.79%

 Refused / No answer / Don’t know

26

0.12%

Education

n

Proportion

  ≤ Secondary School Graduation

13,186

61.35%

 University Degree or College Diploma

5575

25.94%

  > Degree / Diploma

2682

12.48%

 Refused / Don’t Know

50

0.17%

 Total

21,493

 

Economic Status (Household Income)

n

Proportion

  < $20,000

1536

7.15%

 $20,000 - $49,999

7440

34.62%

 $50,000 – $99,999

7386

34.36%

 $100,000 - $149,999

2148

9.99%

  ≥ $150,000

1064

4.95%

 Refused / Don’t Know

1917

8.92%

 Total

21,493

 

Current Dwelling

n

Proportion

 House

15,899

73.98%

 Apartment / Condo

5058

23.54%

 Retirement Home / Assisted Living, Rooming / Lodging House, Other

365

1.69%

 Total

21,322

 

Chronic Conditions

n

Proportion

 Hypertension

10,885

50.94%

 Arthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis

8212

38.92%

 Chronic Musculoskeletal Condition

5853

27.34%

 Obesity

5516

25.65%

 Diabetes

4637

21.64%

 Cardiovascular Disease

4288

20.15%

 Heart Failure

3910

18.31%

 Thyroid Disorder

3742

17.72%

 Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

3542

16.58%

 Cancer

3550

16.57%

 Depression or Anxiety

3360

15.69%

 Osteoporosis

3115

14.63%

 Urinary Incontinence

2621

12.24%

 Stomach Ulcer

1985

9.28%

 Irritable Bowel Disease

2123

9.92%

 Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

1696

7.92%

 Kidney Disease

876

4.10%

 Dementia or Alzheimer’s disease

78

0.36%

Level of Multimorbidity

 Mean Number of Chronic Conditions (SD)

3.25 (2.13)

 Median Number of Chronic Conditions (Range)

3 (0 – 15)

Depressive Symptoms (CES-D-10)

 Mean Score (SD)

5.16 (4.40)

 Median Score (Range)

4 (0 – 30)

Life Space Index (Mobility)*

 Mean Score (SD)

80.50 (18.41)

 Median Score (Range)

82.00 (0 – 120)

Self-Rated (General) Health

n

Proportion

 Excellent

4022

18.71%

 Very Good

8445

39.30%

 Good

6526

30.37%

 Fair

2031

9.45%

 Poor

438

2.04%

 Did not complete

29

 

 Total

21,491

 

Functional Resilience*

 Mean Score (SD)

7.52 (2.45)

 Median Score (Range)

7.76 (0 – 10)

Psychological Resilience*

 Mean Score (SD)

2.32 (1.77)

 Median Score (Range)

2.23 (0 – 6.67)

Social Resilience*

 Mean Score (SD)

7.19 (1.87)

 Median Score (Range)

7.23 (0 – 10)

Total Resilience*

 Mean Score (SD)

5.91 (1.13)

 Median Score (Range)

6.02 (0 – 8.89)

  1. Note: * marks those data only analyzed from the CLSA comprehensive dataset