Table 1 Sociodemographic and subjective health characteristics of the sample (n = 1174)
From: Predictors of attitudes towards aging in elderly living in community care
Age | n | % | Physical and mental health | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60–74 years | 840 | 71.6 | Subjective Physical Health Assessment | ||
≥ 75 years | 334 | 28.4 | Very good | 253 | 21.6 |
Gender | Good | 794 | 67.6 | ||
Man | 343 | 29.2 | Fair | 107 | 9.1 |
Women | 831 | 70.8 | Poor | 20 | 1.7 |
Marital status | BMI | ||||
Single | 45 | 3.8 | < 18.5 | 11 | 0.9 |
Married | 564 | 48.0 | 18.5–25.0 | 323 | 27.5 |
Divorced | 198 | 16.9 | 25.1–30.0 | 505 | 43.0 |
Widow | 367 | 31.3 | > 30.0 | 335 | 28.6 |
Employment | GDS-15 | ||||
Full time | 53 | 4.5 | 0–5 | 992 | 84.5 |
Part-time job | 138 | 11.7 | 6–10 | 139 | 11.8 |
None | 983 | 83.7 | > 10 | 43 | 3.7 |
Living with | GAI | ||||
No-one | 485 | 41.3 | 0–8 | 916 | 78.0 |
Spouse | 568 | 48.4 | > 8 | 258 | 22.0 |
Children | 72 | 6.1 | Scales | mean | s |
Another | 49 | 4.2 | GDS-15 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Religion | GAI | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
Yes, Christian | 331 | 28.2 | RSES | 19.5 | 3.4 |
Yes | 306 | 26.1 | OPQOL_brief | 54.6 | 6.6 |
No | 537 | 45.7 | LSITA | 48.9 | 8.2 |
Social support (SS-6) | SOC-13 | 62.2 | 9.9 | ||
0–2 | 79 | 6.7 | SOC_C | 22.2 | 4.8 |
3–4 | 149 | 12.7 | SOC_ME | 21.7 | 3.7 |
5–6 | 946 | 80.6 | SOC_MA | 18.4 | 3.8 |