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Table 1 Key sample characteristics at baseline (in 2005)
| All | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | (SD) | M | (SD) | M | (SD) | |
| Age (years) | 54.7 | (2.7) | 54.6 | (2.7) | 54.7 | (2.7) |
| Educational attainment (%) | ||||||
| Junior high school | 16.2 | 15.6 | 16.8 | |||
| High school | 58.4 | 64.1 | 52.5 | |||
| Junior college | 7.6 | 12.4 | 2.7 | |||
| College | 17.1 | 7.4 | 27.3 | |||
| Other | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |||
| Having a spouse (%) | 87.6 | 86.2 | 88.9 | |||
| Number of household members | 2.5 | (1.3) | 2.4 | (1.3) | 26 | (1.3) |
| Employed (%) | 81.7 | 69.3 | 94.5 | |||
| Household spendinga | 230.8 | (220.6) | 224.8 | (191.0) | 237.1 | (247.6) |
| Informal caregiving (%) | 7.3 | 9.1 | 5.4 | |||
| Participated in social activities (%) | 71.7 | 72.8 | 70.6 | |||
| K6 score (range: 0–24) | 3.0 | (3.9) | 3.2 | (4.0) | 2.8 | (3.9) |
| Maximum caregiving duration (% of total [% of caregivers])b | ||||||
| No care | 74.5 | 71.3 | 77.8 | |||
| 1 year (commencement) | 12.8 | [50.1] | 13.5 | [47.0] | 12.2 | [54.3] |
| 2 years | 5.2 | [20.2] | 5.7 | [19.7] | 4.6 | [20.9] |
| 3 years | 3.0 | [11.8] | 3.7 | [12.8] | 2.3 | [10.4] |
| 4 years | 1.9 | [7.3] | 2.2 | [7.7] | 1.5 | [6.6] |
| 5 years | 1.1 | [4.5] | 1.6 | [5.6] | 0.7 | [3.0] |
| 6-8 years | 1.6 | [6.2] | 2.0 | [7.1] | 1.1 | [4.9] |
| (Non-continuous caregiving | 5.4 | [21.2] | 6.1 | [21.3] | 4.9 | [20.9]) |
| Number of individuals | 24,193 | 12,352 | 11,841 | |||
