Total

N = 172

Females

N = 75

(43.6%)

Males

N = 97

(56.4%)

P value

Age

Mean ± SD

67.53 ± 7.53

67.56 ± 8.36

67.52 ± 6.87

0.588

Living place

Free living

In nursing home

96 (55.8%)

76 (44.2%)

38 (50.7%)

37 (49.3%)

58 (59.8%)

39 (40.2%)

0.232

Education

Low N (%)

Intermediate N (%)

High N (%)

147 (85.5%)

22 (12.8%)

3 (1.6%)

69 (92.0%)

5 (6.7%)

1 (1.3%)

78 (80.4%)

17 (17.5%)

2 (2.1%)

0.047

Marital status

Married N (%)

Single N (%)

Divorced N (%)

Widowed N (%)

81 (47.1%)

38 (22.1%)

17 (9.9%)

36 (20.9%)

24 (32.0%)

17 (22.7%)

8 (10.7%)

26 (34.7%)

57 (58.8%)

21 (21.6%)

9 (9.3%)

10 (10.3%)

<0.001

Children’s number

Mean ± SD

2.77 ± 2.62

2.20 ± 2.55

3.24 ± 2.60

0.012

pension

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

19 (11.1%)

153 (88.9%)

4 (5.3%)

71 (94.7%)

15 (15.5%)

82 (84.5%)

<0.001