Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

Gender

0.063

· Male

58

(46.4)

27

(33.3)

· Female

67

(53.6)

54

(66.7)

Occupation at this moment (N = 204)

0.007

· Employed

30

(24.0)

8

(9.9)

· Unemployed

59

(47.2)

55

(67.9)

· Pensioner

36

(28.8)

18

(22.2)

Source of budget (N = 180)

0.000

· Labour

45

(41.3)

7

(9.9)

· Pension

35

(32.1)

18

(25.4)

· Partner and/or children

19

(17.4)

11

(15.5)

· Family and/or friends

5

(4.6)

7

(9.0)

· Grants^†

5

(4.6)

28

(39.4)

Mean±SD (range)

Mean±SD (range)

z

p

Age^‡

53.5±11.0 (37–80)

49.5±9.3 (37–76)

−2.57

0.010

Weekly available budget^§ (N = 174)

185±122.3 (0–800)

128±75.0 (0–235)

−2.18

0.029

· Employed (N = 36)

271±132 (50–800)

62±33 (30–100)

0.000

· Unemployed (N = 88)

124±132 (0–500)

112±31 (0–235)

0.370

· Pensioner (N = 50)

192±50 (50–300)

202±31 (90–200)

0.627