Table 1 Sample characteristics (weighted means and standard errors)
ITALY | PORTUGAL | SPAIN | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 3583 | n = 2080 | n = 3570 | n = 9233 | |||||
VARIABLES | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Female (%) | 54.5 | 1.6 | 53.5 | 2.8 | 54.6 | 1.2 | 54.4 | 1.0 |
Age | 66.72 | 0.38 | 65.85 | 0.52 | 66.34 | 0.26 | 66.5 | 0.3 |
Degree of functional limitation (%) | ||||||||
Non limited | 79.4 | 1.4 | 75.5 | 2.1 | 78.7 | 1.0 | 78.8 | 0.9 |
Moderately Limited | 11.1 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 11.0 | 0.7 |
Severely Limited | 9.6 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 1.6 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 0.6 |
Healthcare use | ||||||||
Doctor consultations | 8.46 | 0.31 | 4.96 | 0.41 | 6.99 | 0.22 | 7.59 | 0.19 |
In-patient days | 1.54 | 0.17 | 1.37 | 0.49 | 1.56 | 0.19 | 1.54 | 0.13 |
Informal care (%)a | 59.9 | 3.8 | 42.1 | 4.6 | 50.9 | 2.4 | 54.7 | 2.3 |
Education level (%) | ||||||||
No education | 3.0 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
Primary | 39.0 | 1.6 | 67.3 | 2.3 | 44.8 | 1.2 | 43.7 | 1.0 |
Secondary | 52.3 | 1.6 | 20.6 | 1.8 | 32.3 | 1.1 | 42.0 | 1.0 |
Tertiary | 5.8 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
Subjective poverty (%) | ||||||||
Poor | 52.9 | 1.6 | 55.3 | 2.9 | 53.6 | 1.2 | 53.3 | 0.9 |
Employment status (%) | ||||||||
Active | 26.7 | 1.5 | 26.8 | 2.1 | 31.5 | 1.1 | 28.5 | 0.9 |
Inactive | 51.3 | 1.6 | 58.5 | 2.8 | 43.1 | 1.2 | 48.9 | 1.0 |
Homemaker | 22.0 | 1.3 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 25.5 | 1.0 | 22.7 | 0.8 |
Marital status (%) | ||||||||
In a couple | 69.5 | 1.6 | 76.7 | 2.1 | 68.6 | 1.2 | 69.8 | 1.0 |