Descriptive statistics
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired | Not retired | Retired | Not retired | |
| Grip strength | 39.890 (9.520) | 47.305 (9.581) | 24.753 (6.385) | 27.624 (7.189) |
| Age | 72.116 (7.831) | 58.522 (6.422) | 72.030 (8.044) | 62.221 (10.177) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married, living with spouse | 0.761 | 0.573 | 0.706 | 0.761 |
| Registered partnership | 0.067 | 0.115 | 0.107 | 0.102 |
| Not married | 0.049 | 0.094 | 0.058 | 0.057 |
| Widowed | 0.087 | 0.030 | 0.262 | 0.135 |
| Education | ||||
| No education | 0.055 | 0.035 | 0.051 | 0.064 |
| Low education | 0.366 | 0.265 | 0.406 | 0.484 |
| Medium education | 0.346 | 0.417 | 0.336 | 0.331 |
| High education | 0.233 | 0.283 | 0.207 | 0.230 |
| Number of chronic diseases | 1.858 (1.523) | 1.217 (1.316) | 2.018 (1.602) | 1.491 (1.515) |
| Body weight | ||||
| Underweight | 0.019 | 0.008 | 0.047 | 0.033 |
| Healthy Weight | 0.289 | 0.120 | 0.368 | 0.192 |
| Overweight | 0.423 | 0.176 | 0.307 | 0.169 |
| Obesity | 0.270 | 0.699 | 0.278 | 0.568 |
| IADLs | 0.091 (0.288) | 0.045 (0.206) | 0.107 (0.309) | 0.092 (0.288) |
| ADLs | 0.119 (0.324) | 0.068 (0.252) | 0.129 (0.335) | 0.106 (0.308) |
| Fluency | 19.150 (7.079) | 22.011 (7.367) | 19.598 (7.178) | 20.188 (7.917) |
| Memory | 8.130 (3.531) | 9.89 (3.402) | 9.100 (3.766) | 9.754 (4.013) |
| State pension age eligibility | 0.967 | 0.747 | 0.963 | 0.713 |
| Observations | 59,376 | 85,792 | 55,742 | 106,828 |
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired | Not retired | Retired | Not retired | |
| Grip strength | 39.890 (9.520) | 47.305 (9.581) | 24.753 (6.385) | 27.624 (7.189) |
| Age | 72.116 (7.831) | 58.522 (6.422) | 72.030 (8.044) | 62.221 (10.177) |
| Married, living with spouse | 0.761 | 0.573 | 0.706 | 0.761 |
| Registered partnership | 0.067 | 0.115 | 0.107 | 0.102 |
| Not married | 0.049 | 0.094 | 0.058 | 0.057 |
| Widowed | 0.087 | 0.030 | 0.262 | 0.135 |
| No education | 0.055 | 0.035 | 0.051 | 0.064 |
| Low education | 0.366 | 0.265 | 0.406 | 0.484 |
| Medium education | 0.346 | 0.417 | 0.336 | 0.331 |
| High education | 0.233 | 0.283 | 0.207 | 0.230 |
| Number of chronic diseases | 1.858 (1.523) | 1.217 (1.316) | 2.018 (1.602) | 1.491 (1.515) |
| Underweight | 0.019 | 0.008 | 0.047 | 0.033 |
| Healthy Weight | 0.289 | 0.120 | 0.368 | 0.192 |
| Overweight | 0.423 | 0.176 | 0.307 | 0.169 |
| Obesity | 0.270 | 0.699 | 0.278 | 0.568 |
| IADLs | 0.091 (0.288) | 0.045 (0.206) | 0.107 (0.309) | 0.092 (0.288) |
| ADLs | 0.119 (0.324) | 0.068 (0.252) | 0.129 (0.335) | 0.106 (0.308) |
| Fluency | 19.150 (7.079) | 22.011 (7.367) | 19.598 (7.178) | 20.188 (7.917) |
| Memory | 8.130 (3.531) | 9.89 (3.402) | 9.100 (3.766) | 9.754 (4.013) |
| State pension age eligibility | 0.967 | 0.747 | 0.963 | 0.713 |
| Observations | 59,376 | 85,792 | 55,742 | 106,828 |
Note(s): Data from SHARE 2004–2019. Standard errors clustered at the individual level appear in parentheses
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