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Table 1 Sample descriptions by country

From: Disability prevalence in midlife (aged 55–65 years): Cross-Country comparisons of gender differences and time trends

  

2004/2005 Respondents Age 55 - 65

2014/2015 Respondents Age 55 - 65

   

Men

Women

 

Men

Women

Country

Survey

Interview year(s)

N

Mean age

SD age

N

Mean age

SD age

Interview year(s)

N

Mean age

SD age

N

Mean age

SD age

Austria

SHARE

2004

284

60.39

3.10

369

60.05

3.28

2015

505

60.30

3.34

666

60.33

3.15

Belgium

SHARE

2004, 2005, 2006

650

59.30

3.09

708

59.49

3.18

2015

1,000

60.05

3.17

1,154

59.78

3.14

China

CHARLS

       

2015, 2016

3,566

60.19

3.04

3,740

60.20

3.04

Croatia

SHARE

       

2015

500

60.33

3.16

583

59.90

3.11

Czechia

SHARE

2006, 2007

513

59.73

3.10

665

59.80

3.10

2015

745

60.79

2.99

1,072

60.45

3.05

Denmark

SHARE

2004

293

59.47

3.04

323

59.39

2.97

2015

673

59.91

3.15

760

59.83

3.13

England

ELSA

2004, 2005

1,692

59.61

3.11

1,969

59.52

3.10

2014, 2015

1,540

60.77

2.91

1,886

60.42

2.95

Estonia

SHARE

       

2015

776

60.22

3.12

1,042

60.13

3.15

France

SHARE

2004, 2005

489

59.32

3.18

573

59.50

3.21

2015

661

60.36

3.09

769

60.22

3.09

Germany

SHARE

2004

553

60.42

3.14

591

60.37

3.20

2015

755

60.37

3.19

911

60.31

3.16

Greece

SHARE

2004, 2005

473

59.66

3.16

467

59.65

3.19

2015

760

60.80

3.12

1,045

60.27

3.15

Israel

SHARE

2005, 2006

405

59.50

3.08

524

59.27

2.99

2015

270

61.01

2.68

415

60.82

2.97

Italy

SHARE

2004

502

60.02

3.14

626

60.04

3.23

2015

798

60.43

3.13

1,000

60.00

3.16

Korea

KLoSA

2006

1416

60.05

3.16

1,690

60.13

3.22

2014

1,203

59.71

3.21

1,425

59.81

3.18

Luxembourg

SHARE

       

2015

302

59.81

3.13

393

59.58

3.09

Mexico

MHAS

2003

2,635

59.48

3.13

3,110

59.53

3.11

2015

1,856

60.02

3.33

3,018

60.10

3.12

Poland

SHARE

2006, 2007

427

59.58

3.19

518

59.25

2.98

2015

347

60.52

3.01

423

60.26

2.95

Portugal

SHARE

       

2015

299

60.04

2.88

380

59.65

3.17

Slovenia

SHARE

       

2015

755

60.50

2.99

936

60.18

3.02

Spain

SHARE

2004

327

59.96

3.12

422

59.73

3.14

2015

879

60.43

3.11

1,035

60.16

3.17

Sweden

SHARE

2004, 2005

568

59.86

3.08

661

59.71

3.12

2015

501

61.33

2.87

620

61.00

2.95

Switzerland

SHARE

2004

174

59.99

2.91

179

59.90

3.08

2015

461

60.18

3.03

622

59.92

3.15

USA

HRS

2004, 2005

2,665

60.61

3.34

3,624

60.39

3.24

2014, 2015

3,232

59.73

3.12

4,156

59.83

3.15

  1. Notes: [1] For 2004/2005 some interviews were also conducted in 2006 for Belgium, 2006-07 interviews were used for Czechia, some interviews were in 2006 for Israel, 2006 interviews were used for Korea, 2003 interviews were used for Mexico, 2006-07 interviews were used for Poland.
  2. [2] No interviews were collected close to 2004/2005 for China, Croatia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Poland, and Slovenia.
  3. [3] For 2014/2015 some interviews were also conducted in 2016 for China.
  4. [4] Mean age is not derived using weights so as to provide an accurate representation of the sample.