Table 2 Descriptive summary, older Australian population aged 50–70, 2001 vs. 2015
From: Workforce participation, health and wealth inequality among older Australians between 2001 and 2015
2001 | 2015 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-employed | Employed | T-test for difference | Non-employed | Employed | T-test for difference | |
Mean [CI] | Mean [CI] | (P-value) | Mean [CI] | Mean [CI] | (P-value) | |
Age | 61.2 [60.9–61.5] | 56.0 [55.8–56.2] | 0.0000 | 62.3 [62.1–62.6] | 57.01 [59.0–59.3] | 0.0000 |
Gender (Male =1) (% of male) | 41.1 [38.8–43.4] | 56.4 [54.1–58.7] | 0.0000 | 38.9 [36.8–41.0] | 52.0 [50.2–53.7] | 0.0000 |
Tertiary education (%) | 33.9 [31.7–36.1] | 51.2 [49.1–53.7] | 0.0000 | 49.5 [47.4–51.7] | 69.6 [68.0–71.2] | 0.0000 |
Ethnicity (%) | ||||||
[1] Australian born | 62.2 [59.6–64.4] | 70.6 [68.4–72.7] | 0.0000 | 68.0 [66–70] | 72.8 [71.2–74.3] | 0.0002 |
[2] Aboriginal | 1.38 [0.84–1.92] | 0.79 [0.38–1.20] | 0.0870 | 2.1 [1.5–2.7] | 1.4 [0.96–1.77] | 0.0324 |
[3] English speaking migrants | 15.3 [13.7–17.0] | 14.8 [13.2–16.5] | 0.6455 | 12.9 [11.5–14.4] | 12.8 [11.7–14.0] | 0.9323 |
[4] Non-English speaking | 21.0 [19.1–22.9] | 13.8 [12.2–15.4] | 0.0000 | 16.8 [15.2–18.4] | 13.0 [11.8–14.1] | 0.0001 |
Mental health (scaled 0–100) | 72.2 [71.3–73.1] | 78.1 [77.4–78.9] | 0.0000 | 72.0 [71.2–72.9] | 77.2 [76.6–77.8] | 0.0000 |
Physical functioning (0–100) | 66.8 [65.4–68.1] | 83.7 [82.8–84.6] | 0.0000 | 69.0 [67.8–70.2] | 84.7 [84.0–85.3] | 0.0000 |
General health (scaled 0–100) | 58.8 [57.6–60.1] | 72.1 [71.2–73.0] | 0.0000 | 57.2 [56.1–58.3] | 68.7 [68.0–69.4] | 0.0000 |
No of health condition (0–15)a | 0.76 [0.72–0.79] | 0.27 [0.25–0.30] | 0.0000 | 0.86 [0.82–0.89] | 0.31 [0.29–0.33] | 0.0000 |
Self-assessed health (%) | ||||||
[1] Excellent | 7.47 [6.2–8.7] | 13.47 [11.8–15.1] | 0.0000 | 4.48 [3.57–5.40] | 8.2 [7.2–9.2] | 0.0000 |
[2] Very good | 22.5 [20.5–24.5] | 40.7 [38.3–43.0] | 0.0000 | 22.2 [20.3–24.0] | 35.6 [33.8–37.3] | 0.0000 |
[3] Good | 33.99 [31.7–36.2] | 34.6 [32.3–36.9] | 0.6983 | 37.6 [35.5–39.8] | 41.1 [39.3–42.9] | 0.0158 |
[4] Fair | 26.3 [24.2–28.4] | 9.6 [8.2–11.0] | 0.0000 | 26.1 [24.2–28.1] | 14.1 [12.8–15.4] | 0.0000 |
[5] Poor | 9.7 [8.3–11.1] | 1.6 [1.0–2.2] | 0.0000 | 9.6 [8.3–10.9] | 1.0 [0.64–1.36] | 0.0000 |
Regular private income | 8.8 [7.9–9.6] | 44.6 [42.3–46.8] | 0.0000 | 13.7 [12.4–14.9] | 54.5 [52.6–56.3] | 0.0000 |
Income from all sources | 14.9 [14.2–15.7] | 45.4 [43.1–47.6] | 0.0000 | 21.4 [20.1–22.6] | 55.5 [53.7–57.4] | 0.0000 |
Household net worth | 504.8 [467–542] | 812.2 [752–872] | 0.0000 | 754.6 [709–800] | 925.3 [888–963] | 0.0000 |
Net financial assets b | 203.8 [183–224] | 319.5 [259–344] | 0.0000 | 334 [302–365] | 395 [373–416] | 0.0012 |
Superannuationb | 100.2 [89.6–111] | 180.2 [168–192] | 0.0000 | 213.6 [195–232] | 272 [259–285] | 0.0000 |