Demographic characteristics of heavy grievers in Japan
| Overall n=1078 | Heavy grievers n=143 | Not-so-heavy grievers n=935 | P value | |
| Respondent’s age | 0.003** | |||
| 20s | 63 (5.8%) | 8 (5.6%) | 55 (5.9%) | |
| 30s | 94 (8.7%) | 10 (7%) | 84 (9%) | |
| 40s | 205 (19.0%) | 25 (17.5%) | 180 (19.3%) | |
| 50’s | 259 (24.0%) | 38 (26.6%) | 221 (23.6%) | |
| 60s | 288 (26.7%) | 27 (18.9%) | 261 (27.9%) | |
| 70s | 131 (12.2%) | 32 (22.4%) | 99 (10.6%) | |
| 80s or 90s | 38 (3.5%) | 3 (2.1%) | 35 (3.7%) | |
| Gender | ≤0.001*** | |||
| Male | 552 (51.2%) | 48 (33.6%) | 504 (53.9%) | |
| Female | 525 (48.7%) | 95 (66.4%) | 430 (46.0%) | |
| No response | 1 (0.1%) | ０(0.0%) | 1 (0.1%) | |
| Marital status | ≤0.001*** | |||
| Single | 150 (13.9%) | 28 (19.6%) | 122 (13.1%) | |
| Widowed | 167 (15.5%) | 49 (34.3%) | 118 (12.7%) | |
| Married | 679 (63.0%) | 53 (37.1%) | 626 (67.2%) | |
| Divorced | 72 (6.7%) | 12 (8.4%) | 60 (6.4%) | |
| Other | 10 (0.9%) | 1 (0.7%) | 9 (0.5%) | |
| Cohabitants | 0.003** | |||
| 0 (living alone) | 181 (16.8%) | 36 (25.4%) | 145 (15.6%) | |
| 1 | 343 (31.8%) | 52 (36.6%) | 291 (31.3%) | |
| 2 | 217 (20.1%) | 29 (20.4%) | 188 (20.2%) | |
| 3 | 186 (17.3%) | 15 (10.6%) | 171 (18.4%) | |
| 4 | 84 (7.8%) | 8 (5.6%) | 76 (8.2%) | |
| 5 | 39 (3.6%) | 0 (0%) | 39 (4.2%) | |
| Living with more than 5 | 28 (2.6%) | 3 (2.1%) | 25 (2.7%) | |
| Moved after bereavement | 0.027* | |||
| Unchanged (no move) | 998 (92.6%) | 125 (87.4%) | 873 (93.9%) | |
| Moved in with family | 27 (2.5%) | 8 (5.6%) | 19 (2%) | |
| Moved into a facility | 4 (0.4%) | 1 (0.7%) | 3 (0.3%) | |
| Other | 44 (4.1%) | 9 (6.3%) | 35 (3.7%) |
*p≤0.05; **p≤0.01; ***p≤0.001 using χ2 test.