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Table 4 Descriptive statistics: JHPS/KHPS

From: Economic effects of healthy ageing: functional limitation, forgone wages, and medical and long-term care costs

 

With functional limitations

Without functional limitations

Variables

N

(Person-year)

% or mean

(SD)

N

(Person-year)

% or mean

(SD)

Age

20,395

67.99 (5.51)

754

75.36 (6.38)

Women

20,395

50.5%

754

66.0%

Retire

20,395

52.3%

754

93.5%

Self-employment

20,395

17.3%

754

4.1%

Marital status (Single or note)

20,395

20.7%

754

37.4%

House ownership

20,395

88.6%

754

76.9%

Having a child

20,395

60.2%

754

54.8%

Household size (N of household members)

20,395

2.6 (1.28)

754

2.38 (1.32)

Hourly wage (JPY)

7,919

3,228.04 (3,873.23)

28

3,779.53 (4,751.61)

Hours of work (Hours/day)

8,640

4.82 (2.75)

30

4.75 (3.18)

Contract type: Full time

8,640

19.7%

30

23.3%

Contract type: Part time

8,640

37.7%

30

13.3%

Consumption: Total (JPY1,000)

18,738

186.76 (178.51)

654

157.98 (105.14)

Consumption: Food (JPY1,000)

18,980

54.54 (31.08)

668

49.03 (32.46)

Consumption: Health (JPY1,000)

18,507

10.42 (21.01)

643

14.12 (22.37)

Consumption: Entertainment (JPY1,000)

17,903

10.31 (33.62)

612

5.84 (14.69)

Consumption: Social (JPY1,000)

18,373

23.01 (30.08)

635

17.52 (36.56)

Equalised household income (JPY10,000)

18,980

355.01 (306.83)

668

281.15 (275.48)

Equalised household savings (JPY10,000)

18,612

926.6 (1285.03)

656

844.21 (1286.41)

Time use: Volunteer (Hours per week)

10,392

0.39 (1.61)

321

0.06 (0.39)

Time use: Domestic work (Hours per week)

9,992

2.33 (2.48)

311

2.22 (2.47)

Time use: Childcare (Hours per week)

10,449

0.2 (1.45)

322

0.09 (0.56)

Participation: Volunteer

10,392

12.5%

321

3.1%

Participation: Domestic work

9,992

73.5%

311

66.2%

Participation: Childcare

10,449

4.9%

322

3.4%

  1. Note: SD represents standard deviations. Descriptive statistics are calculated by the available case basis. Thus, sample size is not always consistent with the ones used in the analyses