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Table 1 Distributions of the longest job, age, educational attainment and equivalent income in each sex

From: Association between the longest job and oral health: Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study project cross-sectional study

  

Male

 

Female

 

N

%

N

%

Longest job

    

 Professional/technical

2,606

23.0

1,255

10.6

 Administrative

1,305

11.5

142

1.2

 Clerical

1,102

9.7

2,293

19.3

 Sales/service

1,338

11.8

2,244

18.9

 Skilled/labor

2,366

20.9

1,076

9.1

 Agriculture/forestry/fishery

1,186

10.5

1,204

10.1

 Others

1,280

11.3

2,152

18.1

 No occupation

127

1.1

1,515

12.8

Age group (year old)

    

 65-69

3,148

27.8

3,249

27.3

 70-74

3,407

30.1

3,496

29.4

 75-79

2,562

22.7

2,596

21.9

 80-84

1,498

13.2

1,582

13.3

 85 or older

695

6.1

958

8.1

Educational attainment (year)

    

 Less than 6

279

2.5

519

4.4

 6-9

4,739

41.9

5,462

46.0

 10-12

3,625

32.1

4,041

34.0

 13 or longer

2,483

22.0

1,590

13.4

 Others or data missing

184

1.6

269

2.3

Equivalent income (US$)

    

 Less than 5,000

386

3.4

778

6.5

 5,000-9,999

1,038

9.2

1,424

12.0

 10,000-14,999

1,350

11.9

1,295

10.9

 15,000-19,999

2,240

19.8

1,776

14.9

 20,000-29,999

2,459

21.7

2,056

17.3

 30,000-39,999

1,452

12.8

1,274

10.7

 40,000 or higher

1,035

9.2

941

7.9

 Data missing

1,350

11.9

2,337

19.7