Table 1 Summary of the selected variables, including names (first column), brief descriptions (second column), possible levels for categorical variables, and the range of admitted values for continuous variables (third column). In the fourth, fifth, and sixth columns, the distributions of the variables in the datasets for steps 3, 4, and 5 of Fig. 1 are reported
From: A model to forecast the two-year variation of subjective wellbeing in the elderly population
Variable | Description | Levels | Subjects aged 50 or more at Wave 4 | waves 4 and 5 complete cases | Final selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sample size | 20429 | 13468 | 9422 | ||
Demographic | |||||
age\({}^{\star }\) (0%) | Age at baseline | >50 | 64 [58;71] | 64 [58;71] | 65 [58;72] |
country\({}^{\dagger \star }\) (0%) | Residence country | Austria | 9.64 | 10.97 | 12.19 |
Belgium | 11.42 | 12.36 | 12.96 | ||
Czech Republic | 10.22 | 7.72 | 7.26 | ||
Denmark | 6.40 | 6.65 | 6.75 | ||
Estonia | 13.83 | 15.02 | 15.93 | ||
France | 9.42 | 10.04 | 9.89 | ||
Germany | 3.58 | 3.62 | 3.44 | ||
Italy | 8.22 | 7.86 | 7.02 | ||
Slovenia | 5.68 | 6.62 | 7.26 | ||
Spain | 7.84 | 7.42 | 6.18 | ||
Sweden | 4.47 | 4.67 | 4.87 | ||
Switzerland | 9.28 | 7.06 | 6.25 | ||
gender\({}^{\star }\) (0%) | Gender | female | 58.22 | 59.21 | 64.04 |
male | 41.78 | 40.79 | 35.96 | ||
ISCED (1.16%) | Instruction level, according to ISCED 97 | 0 | 2.28 | 2.37 | 2.29 |
1 | 16.23 | 15.85 | 15.58 | ||
2 | 17.71 | 17.05 | 16.95 | ||
3 | 35.15 | 35.11 | 35.05 | ||
4 | 5.43 | 5.37 | 5.39 | ||
5 | 22.38 | 23.34 | 23.68 | ||
6 | 0.82 | 0.91 | 1.06 | ||
marital status\({}^{\dagger \star }\) (0%) | Marital status | living alone | 23.66 | 31.50 | 41.04 |
living together | 70.42 | 60.73 | 48.97 | ||
never married | 5.92 | 7.77 | 9.99 | ||
Health-related | |||||
ADL (0.01%) | Limitations in Activities of Daily Living | 0 | 92.30 | 91.84 | 91.56 |
1 | 4.91 | 5.14 | 5.37 | ||
2 | 1.41 | 1.57 | 1.63 | ||
3 | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.72 | ||
4 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.34 | ||
5 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.24 | ||
6 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.13 | ||
CASP-12 (0%) | CASP-12 score | [12, 48] | 39 [34; 43] | 39 [34; 43] | 39 [34; 42] |
chronic diseases (0.02%) | Number of chronic diseases | 0 | 37.01 | 36.15 | 35.48 |
1 | 31.36 | 31.54 | 31.67 | ||
2 | 18.64 | 18.67 | 18.85 | ||
3 | 8.64 | 9.02 | 9.14 | ||
4 | 2.91 | 3.13 | 3.26 | ||
5 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.20 | ||
6 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.33 | ||
7 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | ||
8 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
EURO D\({}^{\dagger \star }\) (0 %) | Depression score | 0 | 21.49 | 20.57 | 19.52 |
1 | 22.51 | 22.07 | 21.79 | ||
2 | 17.82 | 17.84 | 17.58 | ||
3 | 13.23 | 13.24 | 13.60 | ||
4 | 9.94 | 10.36 | 10.92 | ||
5 | 6.51 | 6.77 | 6.75 | ||
6 | 3.55 | 3.66 | 3.96 | ||
7 | 2.54 | 2.75 | 3.02 | ||
8 | 1.15 | 1.36 | 1.45 | ||
9 | 0.74 | 0.08 | 0.80 | ||
10 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.41 | ||
11 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.17 | ||
12 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | ||
health (0 %) | Self assessment of general health | 1 | 8.16 | 8.31 | 8.41 |
2 | 19.81 | 19.31 | 19.09 | ||
3 | 37.59 | 37.15 | 36.03 | ||
4 | 26.88 | 27.41 | 28.27 | ||
5 | 7.55 | 7.82 | 8.19 | ||
IADL (0.01%) | Limitations in Instrumental ADL | 0 | 88.25 | 87.78 | 87.13 |
1 | 7.95 | 8.20 | 8.63 | ||
2 | 2.25 | 2.44 | 2.55 | ||
3 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.91 | ||
4 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.38 | ||
5 | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.20 | ||
6 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 | ||
7 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||
mobility (0%) | Number of mobility limitations | 0 | 53.83 | 52.70 | 51.36 |
1 | 16.26 | 16.43 | 16.27 | ||
2 | 10.04 | 10.27 | 10.43 | ||
3 | 6.51 | 6.36 | 6.76 | ||
4 | 4.55 | 4.70 | 5.06 | ||
5 | 3.06 | 3.37 | 3.49 | ||
6 | 2.30 | 2.52 | 2.79 | ||
7 | 1.60 | 1.75 | 1.90 | ||
8 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.03 | ||
9 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.63 | ||
10 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.28 | ||
moderate act (0.29%) | Frequency of moderate phisical activity, 1=more than once a week; 4=hardly ever or never | 1 | 73.49 | 73.44 | 73.17 |
2 | 13.39 | 13.41 | 13.48 | ||
3 | 5.33 | 5.35 | 5.35 | ||
4 | 7.79 | 7.80 | 8.00 | ||
vigorous act (0.28%) | Frequency of vigorous phisical activity, 1= more than once a week; 4=hardly ever or never | 1 | 36.81 | 36.55 | 35.62 |
2 | 15.29 | 14.96 | 14.89 | ||
3 | 9.65 | 9.67 | 9.50 | ||
4 | 38.25 | 38.81 | 39.99 | ||
Social | |||||
left out (0%) | Feeling of being left out, 1=often; 4=never | 1 | 5.98 | 6.18 | 6.55 |
2 | 19.07 | 18.94 | 19.28 | ||
3 | 27.19 | 26.94 | 26.59 | ||
4 | 47.77 | 47.94 | 47.58 | ||
social activities (0.29%) | 1.3cmNumber of social activities | 0 | 11.80 | 11.62 | 11.05 |
1 | 20.68 | 20.55 | 20.05 | ||
2 | 24.89 | 24.72 | 24.43 | ||
3 | 21.57 | 21.83 | 22.82 | ||
4 | 12.93 | 13.08 | 13.45 | ||
5 | 5.90 | 6.03 | 6.10 | ||
6 | 1.88 | 1.80 | 1.77 | ||
7 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.33 | ||
Financial | |||||
cars\({}^{\star }\) (28.61%) | Number of owned cars | 0 | 27.29 | 26.89 | 31.61 |
1 | 53.35 | 53.51 | 52.24 | ||
2 | 19.36 | 19.59 | 16.15 | ||
current job (0.28%) | Current job status | employed | 30.18 | 29.94 | 29.31 |
retired | 62.93 | 62.90 | 63.37 | ||
unemployed | 6.89 | 7.16 | 7.31 | ||
ends meet (28.84%) | Difficulties in making ends meet,0=with great difficulty; 4=easily | 1 | 9.20 | 9.40 | 10.10 |
2 | 26.21 | 26.14 | 26.85 | ||
3 | 34.00 | 34.21 | 33.97 | ||
4 | 30.59 | 30.25 | 29.07 | ||
owner occupier\({}^{\star }\) (28.77%) | Being an owner-occupier | not owner | 24.52 | 23.91 | 26.84 |
owner | 75.48 | 76.09 | 73.16 | ||