Baseline (1996) characteristics of younger and mid-age women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

* For 1973–78 cohort Low = no formal education/school to grade 10, Middle = high school/trade/apprenticeship, high = certificate/diploma/degree/higher degree; for 1946–51 cohort Low = no formal schooling, Middle = school to grade 10/high school/ trade/apprenticeship, high = certificate/diploma/degree/higher degree.† Highest parental education (for younger cohort), physical activity and CESD-10 first measured at Survey 2, conducted in 1999 for younger cohort (n = 9688), and in 2000 for mid-age cohort (n = 11226).‡ n = 8010SD = standard deviationBaseline (1996) characteristics of younger and mid-age women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.