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Table 2 Characteristics of the studied group

From: Self-rated quality of life of city-dwelling elderly people benefitting from social help: results of a cross-sectional study

Variable

Males

Females

In total

n

%

n

%

N

%

Sex

103

100.0

363

100.0

466

100.0

Age

65–69

41

40.2

50

14.0

91

19.8

70–74

15

14.7

46

12.9

61

13.3

75–79

22

21.6

74

20.7

96

20.9

80–84

15

14.7

96

26.9

111

24.2

85 and older

9

8.8

91

25.5

100

21.8

Marital status

Single Male/single female

15

14.6

43

11.8

58

12.4

Married

10

9.7

9

2.5

19

4.1

Widower/widow

45

43.7

268

73.9

313

67.2

Divorced

33

32.0

43

11.8

76

16.3

Education

Elementary

42

40.8

200

55.1

242

51.9

Vocational

18

17.5

19

5.2

37

7.9

Secondary

34

33.0

119

32.8

153

32.9

University

9

8.7

25

6.9

34

7.3

Work done in the past

Manual worker

84

81.6

239

65.8

323

69.3

Desk-bound worker

19

18.4

124

34.2

143

30.7

Number of people in the household

One

91

88.4

334

92.0

425

91.2

More than one

12

11.6

29

8.0

41

8.8

Sufficient income

Yes

7

6.8

25

6.9

32

6.9

No

96

93.2

338

93.1

434

93.1

Health disorders

Headaches

71

68.9

312

85.9

383

82.2

Pain in the spine and joints

34

33.0

252

69.4

286

61.4

Pain in the chest

49

47.6

199

54.8

248

53.2

Shortness of breath

63

61.2

215

59.2

278

59.7

Heart palpitations

29

28.2

156

42.9

185

39.7

Unstable blood pressure

51

49.5

189

52.1

240

51.5

Tiredness

69

66.9

275

75.8

344

73.8

Participation in family gatherings

Every week

0

0.0

2

0.6

2

0.4

Every month

2

1.9

9

2.5

11

2.4

A few times a year

29

28.2

191

52.5

220

47.2

Once a year

1

1.0

1

0.3

2

0.4

Never

71

68.9

160

44.1

231

49.6

Self-rated quality of life

Good and very good

16

15.5

64

17.6

80

17.2

Neither good nor bad

61

59.2

200

55.1

261

56.0

Bad and very bad

26

25.3

99

27.3

125

26.8

Activity of daily living (ADL)

Fitness

70

67.9

229

63.2

299

64.2

Moderate disability

27

26.2

98

26.9

125

26.8

Disability

6

5.9

36

9.9

42

18.6

Geriatric scale of Depression (GSOD)

No depression

8

7.8

70

19.3

78

16.7

Diagnosed/not diagnosed depression

31

30.1

88

24.2

119

25.5

Possible depression

64

62.1

205

56.5

269

57.7

  1. Source: the authors’ own calculations.