Table 2 Change in activities and respondents’ characteristics after going into retirement, 14 countries, paired samples
From: Social and private activity after retirement—substitutes or complements
Mean or percent of positive answers: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
before retirement | after retirement | (obs.) | ||
Volunteering (binary) | 16.94 | 20.01 | (2697) |
|
Civic organizations (binary) | 6.9 | 7.16 | (2697) | |
Gave help (binary) | 31.76 | 36.32 | (1817) |
|
Books or magazines (binary) | 78.46 | 81.72 | (2697) |
|
Word or number games (binary) | 43.05 | 49.94 | (2697) |
|
Educational course (binary) | 17.54 | 11.75 | (2697) |
|
Sport or social club (binary) | 29.48 | 31.89 | (2697) |
|
Cards or chess (binary) | 30.66 | 34.82 | (2697) |
|
Size of social network (0–7, mean) | 2.57 | 2.77 | (2721) |
|
Family (0–7, mean) | 1.86 | 2.10 | (2721) |
|
Friends and acquaintances (0–7, mean) | 0.50 | 0.53 | (2721) |
|
Life satisfaction (0–10, mean) | 7.72 | 7.82 | (2681) |
|
Living in the country (binary) | 37.30 | 38.70 | (2646) |
|
Limitations in ADL (0–6, mean) | 0.11 | 0.13 | (2760) |
|
Limitations in IADL (0–9, mean) | 0.11 | 0.21 | (2760) |
|
Received help (binary) | 0.13 | 0.19 | (1817) |
|
Income (mean, 0.02–128,745.30) | 2340.72 | 1990.79 | (1987) |
|
Household size (0-, mean) | 2.3 | 2.2 | (2766) |
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