Subjective and objective distributions by age: age 18+
| The Netherlands (LISS) | The USA (UAS) | England (ELSA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subjective | Objective | Subjective | Objective | Subjective | Objective | |||||||||||||||
| 18–39 | 40–50 | 51–64 | 65+ | 18–39 | 40–50 | 51–64 | 65+ | 18–39 | 40–50 | 51–64 | 65+ | 18–39 | 40–50 | 51–64 | 65+ | 51–64 | 65+ | 51–64 | 65+ | |
| Inactive (%) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 39 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 32 |
| Mildly active (%) | 29 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 34 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 20 |
| Moderately active (%) | 38 | 47 | 41 | 43 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 37 | 30 | 29 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 27 |
| Active (%) | 25 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 15 |
| Very active (%) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 6 |
| Observations (n) | 154 | 145 | 234 | 213 | 155 | 146 | 234 | 213 | 141 | 116 | 180 | 99 | 141 | 116 | 182 | 101 | 95 | 153 | 97 | 157 |
| χ2 (12) | P value | χ2 (12) | P value | χ2 (12) | P value | χ2 (12) | P value | χ2 (4) | P value | χ2 (4) | P value | |||||||||
| 14.72 | 0.257 | 111.53 | 3.0e-18 | 29.12 | 0.0038 | 60.7 | 1.68e-08 | 2.82 | 0.58 | 20.84 | 0.00034 | |||||||||
ELSA, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; LISS, Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences; UAS, Understanding America Study.