Table 2 Descriptives and characteristics of the lidA population. (Source: lidA, waves 1 and 2, 2014; own calculations)
Wave 1, 2011 | Wave 2, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cohort | 1959 | 1965 | 1959 | 1965 |
Sociodemographics | ||||
Female (in %) | 54.1 | 53.0 | 56.1 | 53.7 |
Migration (first generation) (in %) | 10.5 | 11.7 | 8.64 | 8.8 |
Marital Status: married (in %) | 73.5 | 70.3 | 73.5 | 71.4 |
Single-person household (in %) | 12.6 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 12.24 |
Children under 14 in household (in %) | 11.9 | 37.9 | 6.6 | 25.7 |
Work characteristics | ||||
Not working | 5.5 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 |
Full time working (in %) | 64.0 | 64.9 | 61.8 | 63.8 |
Part time working (< 35 h.) (in %) | 30.5 | 30.8 | 31.4 | 30.3 |
Type of activity: mainly mental (in %) | 44.0 | 45.8 | 47.3 | 49.7 |
Type of activity: mainly physical (in %) | 13.5 | 11.7 | 12.6 | 10.7 |
Type of activity: physical and mental (in %) | 42.5 | 42.5 | 40.1 | 39.6 |
Participating in further education in the last 3 years | 68.0 | 69.8 | 67.0 | 69.9 |
Health characteristics | ||||
State of health: good/very good (in %) | 49.2 | 57.3 | 45.0 | 54.9 |
Average number of days missed because of illness during the last 12 months (in days) | 11.6 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 10.7 |
Rather good/very good perceived employability concerning physical work requirements (in %) | 77.1 | 81.0 | 73.8 | 81.7 |
Rather good/very good perceived employability concerning psychical work requirements (in %) | 72.4 | 73.9 | 71.7 | 75.6 |
Number of observations | 2,908 | 3,677 | 1,923 | 2,320 |