Socio-demographic characteristics of participants and between-gender comparisons
| Overall (n=3140) | Females (n=1785) | Males (n=1355) | P value | |
| Age, mean years (SD) | 73.7 (7.8) | 73.1 (7.6) | 74.5 (7.9) | <0.0001 |
| Marital status, n (%)* | <0.0001 | |||
| Single-divorced | 151 (4.8) | 86 (4.8) | 65 (4.8) | |
| Married | 2217 (70.8) | 1067 (59.9) | 1150 (85.1) | |
| Widowed | 764 (24.4) | 627 (35.2) | 137 (10.1) | |
| Level of education, n (%)† | <0.0001 | |||
| None | 251 (8.0) | 183 (10.3) | 68 (5.0) | |
| Primary | 2304 (73.7) | 1348 (76.0) | 956 (70.7) | |
| Secondary or greater | 570 (18.2) | 242 (13.6) | 328 (24.3) | |
| Number of children, n (%)‡ | 0.001 | |||
| None | 204 (6.5) | 140 (7.9) | 64 (4.7) | |
| One or two | 1454 (46.6) | 792 (44.6) | 662 (49.1) | |
| ≥3 | 1465 (46.9) | 843 (47.5) | 622 (46.2) | |
| Living situation, n (%)§ | <0.0001 | |||
| Lives alone | 694 (22.3) | 553 (31.2) | 141 (10.5) | |
| One housemate | 1924 (61.9) | 973 (55.0) | 951 (71.0) | |
| ≥2 housemates | 491 (15.8) | 244 (13.8) | 247 (18.5) | |
| Number of rooms in house, n (%)¶ | <0.0001 | |||
| One or two | 652 (25.0) | 411 (28.1) | 241 (21.0) | |
| ≥3 rooms | 1958 (75.0) | 1050 (71.9) | 908 (79.0) | |
*8 missing values.
†12 missing values.
‡14 missing values.
§28 missing values.
¶0 missing values.