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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Individual socioeconomic and neighborhood factors predict changes in sports activity during the transition to retirement

Variable

Sample (n = 710)

Age at baseline (M (SD))

59.95 (2.38)

Gender (n (%))

 Male

372 (52.39%)

 Female

338 (47.61%)

Years since retirement at the follow-up assessment (M (SD))

2.9 (3.39)

Physical diseases (M (SD))

2.07 (1.59)

Education (n (%))

 Low

25 (3.52%)

 Medium

335 (47.18%)

 High

350 (49.30%)

Household net income in Euro (M (SD))

3221.76 (1880.48)

Occupational prestige (n (%))

 Low

267 (49.81%)

 Medium

203 (37.87%)

 High

66 (12.31%)

Positive Memories (n (%))

 Agree

447 (73.39%)

 Disagree

162 (26.61%)

Safety (n (%))

 Agree

515 (84.56%)

 Disagree

94 (15.44%)

Sufficient Facilities Shops (n (%))

 Agree

446 (73.36%)

 Disagree

162 (26.64%)

Sufficient Facilities Health (n (%))

 Agree

519 (85.50%)

 Disagree

88 (14.50%)

Emotional Attachment (n (%))

 Agree

518 (85.20%)

 Disagree

90 (14.80%)

  1. Missing data for household net income (n = 40), occupational prestige (n = 174) physical diseases (n = 103), positive memories (n = 101), safety (n = 101), facilities shops (n = 102), facilities health (n = 103) and emotional attachment (n = 102). Standard deviation (SD)