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Table 1 General description of the study sample (in percentages, means and SD), men and women

From: Investigating the associations between productive housework activities, sleep hours and self-reported health among elderly men and women in western industrialised countries

 

Men (15,333)

Women (20,907)

 

Mean / %

SD

Mean / %

SD

Sociodemographic and economic factors

    

Age

72.39

5.06

73.19

5.21

65–69

35.7%

 

31.0%

 

70–74

28.3%

 

26.3%

 

75–79

20.0%

 

20.7%

 

80+

16.1%

 

22.0%

 

Education

    

Incomplete Sec. or less

49.6%

 

58.3%

 

Secondary completed

30.1%

 

28.3%

 

Tertiary Completed or above

20.3%

 

13.3%

 

Land tenure

    

Renting

22.5%

 

26.8%

 

Owner occupier

77.5%

 

73.2%

 

Employment Status

    

Not working for pay

91.0%

 

95.3%

 

Currently in paid employment

9.0%

 

4.7%

 

Household size

2.20

1.02

1.89

1.08

1 member

18.2%

 

41.6%

 

2 members

59.1%

 

41.3%

 

3+ members

22.8%

 

17.1%

 

Time use Activity

    

Cleaning, cooking & shopping mins/day

84.74

97.02

217.88

139.45

0 min

27.4%

 

7.2%

 

>0 to 60

27.4%

 

9.7%

 

>60 to 120

18.2%

 

11.4%

 

>120

26.9%

 

71.8%

 

Gardening and maintenance mins/day

68.56

109.37

38.54

77.43

0 min

50.4%

 

59.2%

 

>0 to 60

17.4%

 

21.4%

 

>60 to 120

11.0%

 

9.3%

 

>120

21.2%

 

10.2%

 

Childcare mins/day

1.41

15.02

2.07

19.59

0 min

98.3%

 

97.7%

 

>0 to 60

1.0%

 

1.2%

 

>60 to 120

0.3%

 

0.5%

 

>120

0.4%

 

0.5%

 

Total Housework hours/day

3.09

2.65

4.72

2.71

Less than 1

26.4%

 

10.0%

 

1 to 3

27.1%

 

16.4%

 

>3 to 6

31.9%

 

42.8%

 

>6

14.7%

 

30.8%

 

Sleep hours/day

9.43

2.07

9.34

2.10

less than 7

6.7%

 

6.9%

 

>7 to 8

17.4%

 

18.2%

 

>8

75.9%

 

75.0%

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