Table 5 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics by survey year and grandparental status. Weighted data, men

Sample

3,910

4,119

3,855

2,627

11,379

9,926

9,233

6,811

(%)

(28.1)

(28.3)

(28.0)

(27.1)

(71.9)

(71.7)

(72.0)

(73.0)

Mean age

68.3

69.3

70.3

71.2

49.6

49.8

50.3

51.9

(SD)

(9.2)

(9.5)

(9.8)

(10.0)

(11.0)

(11.3)

(11.3)

(11.9)

Marital status (%)

 Never married

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

13.6

16.7

20.3

24.2

 Married

86.8

85.3

84.4

82.6

80.1

74.4

69.5

63.0

 Separated

1.7

2.1

3.8

4.3

3.0

5.1

6.2

6.8

 Divorced

0.6

1.1

1.4

2.6

1.4

1.9

2.3

3.9

 Widowed

10.5

11.3

10.2

10.2

1.9

1.9

1.6

2.1

Education level (%)

 Tertiary

4.2

3.9

5.1

4.7

10.7

11.0

13.5

15.2

 High sec

10.7

12.1

17.0

20.3

32.1

33.6

38.0

39.2

 Low sec

15.3

19.0

26.3

32.3

31.1

35.8

34.5

35.4

 Primary

51.7

50.7

41.3

37.1

22.7

17.2

12.3

8.5

 No education

18.2

14.3

10.3

5.6

3.4

2.4

1.7

1.7

Working status (%)

 Employed

18.1

16.2

17.1

15.2

71.3

72.0

73.0

67.6

 Unemployed

0.9

1.6

2.2

1.4

3.8

4.0

6.3

5.5

 Homemaker

n.a

n.a

n.a

0.8

n.a

n.a

n.a

0.5

 Retired

76.6

78.3

75.8

77.6

21.7

20.9

17.6

20.0

 Other

4.3

3.9

5.0

5.1

3.2

3.2

3.1

6.4

% Having own income

98.7

98.5

97.9

97.8

96.4

96.7

95.2

93.7

Area of residence (%)

 North

43.0

42.9

43.6

44.9

48.2

48.8

49.0

47.8

 Centre

21.4

20.8

21.1

18.6

19.6

19.3

19.7

20.7

 South and Islands

35.6

36.3

35.4

36.5

32.2

31.9

31.4

31.5

% Home ownership

78.3

77.9

79.7

76.1

73.3

74.2

74.2

71.6

% Foreign-born

1.2

1.2

n.a

4.6

2.0

3.6

n.a

9.5

Chronic disease

(% at least 1)

15.2

16.0

13.2

12.0

4.6

4.5

4.5

4.3