Variable | n | Category | n | % |
Gender | 637 | Male | 291 | 45.7 |
Female | 346 | 54.3 | ||
Age group | 631 | Ages 65 to 74 | 206 | 32.6 |
Age 75 or older | 425 | 67.4 | ||
Household structure | 628 | Live alone | 114 | 18.2 |
Live with my spouse | 272 | 43.3 | ||
Live with my spouse and children | 133 | 21.2 | ||
Live with children (no spouse) | 80 | 12.7 | ||
Other | 29 | 4.6 | ||
Have a job (with income)a | 635 | Yes | 189 | 29.8 |
No | 446 | 70.2 | ||
Education level | 633 | Elementary and middle school | 181 | 28.6 |
High school | 329 | 52.0 | ||
College | 75 | 11.8 | ||
Other | 48 | 7.6 | ||
Religion | 617 | Yes | 255 | 41.3 |
No | 362 | 58.7 | ||
Type of religion (multiple answer question) | 235 | Buddhism | 226 | 96.2 |
Shintoism | 16 | 6.8 | ||
Christianity | 3 | 1.3 | ||
Other | 10 | 4.3 | ||
Economic affluence (subjective sense of economic affluence) | 625 | Not affluent | 74 | 11.8 |
Not really affluent | 208 | 33.3 | ||
Slightly affluent | 300 | 48.0 | ||
Quite affluent | 43 | 6.9 |