Characteristics of participants before retirement by study cohort
| FPS (n=5776) | FIREA (n=2796) | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age at retirement | 61.9 | 2.0 | 63.8 | 1.3 |
| n | % | n | % | |
| Women | 4610 | 79.8 | 2339 | 83.7 |
| Occupational status | ||||
| High | 2193 | 38.2 | 910 | 32.9 |
| Intermediate | 1537 | 26.7 | 854 | 30.8 |
| Low | 2017 | 35.1 | 1006 | 36.3 |
| Job strain | 1415 | 24.8 | 562 | 22.1 |
| Physically heavy work | 901 | 15.6 | 412 | 14.9 |
| Smoking | 496 | 8.8 | 245 | 9.0 |
| Alcohol risk use | 437 | 7.6 | 229 | 8.2 |
| Low physical activity | 2426 | 42.3 | 1062 | 38.3 |
| Obesity | 896 | 15.9 | 579 | 21.0 |
FIREA, Finnish Retirement and Aging Study; FPS, Finnish Public Sector Study.