Table 3 Demographic characteristics of Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health participants: Grouped by relationship to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) and recency of widowhood
Demographic characteristic | Gold Card holder, widowed ≤ 3 years n = 114 | Gold Card holder, widowed > 3 years n = 209 | Not DVA, widowed ≤ 3 years n = 136 | Not DVA, widowed > 3 years n = 271 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean, SD) | 81.1 (1.4) | 81.3 (1.4) | 80.9 (1.4) | 81.1 (1.4) | 0.14 |
Self-rated heath (%) | |||||
Excellent | 0.9 % | 4.9 % | 4.4 % | 6.6 % | 0.12 |
Very good | 15.0 % | 21.8 % | 22.2 % | 24.0 % | |
Good | 53.1 % | 39.8 % | 45.2 % | 43.5 % | |
Fair/Poor | 31.0 % | 33.5 % | 28.1 % | 25.8 % | |
Ability to manage on income (%) | |||||
Easy | 38.6 % | 43.7 % | 32.1 % | 30.6 % | |
Not too bad | 44.7 % | 46.1 % | 53.7 % | 45.1 % | |
Difficult sometimes | 13.2 % | 9.7 % | 11.2 % | 17.2 % | 0.001 |
Difficult always/ impossible | 3.5 % | 0.5 % | 3.0 % | 7.1 % | |