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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, by country

From: Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12

 

Total sample

n = 1659

Belgium

n = 194

France

n = 168

Germany

n = 244

Italy

n = 317

Netherlands

n = 164

Spain

n = 572

p-value

Age

        

   mean (SD)

79.8 (4.3)

79.5 (4.1)

79.8 (4.6)

79.3 (4.0)

79.9 (4.7)

79.8 (4.2)

80.1 (4.3)

 

   median (range)

79 (75 - 100)

79 (75 - 92)

78 (75 - 96)

78 (75 - 93)

79 (75 - 100)

79 (75 - 95)

79 (75 - 98)

 

   weighted mean (SE)

79.7 (0.14)

79.4 (0.33)

79.5 (0.36)

79.3 (0.28)

80.1 (0.30)

79.5 (0.34)

80.3 (0.23)

0.0579b

Gender: n (%)a

        

   male

679 (35.1)

87 (40.6)

67 (36.7)

95 (31.8)

133 (34.8)

55 (35.2)

242 (39.0)

 

   female

980 (64.9)

107 (59.4)

101 (63.3)

149 (68.2)

184 (65.2)

109 (64.8)

330 (61.0)

0.4627c

Living arrangement: n (%)a

        

   living with partner

849 (50.7)

113 (60.8)

79 (52.4)

124 (48.3)

176 (50.5)

65 (46.9)

292 (52.8)

 

   living without partner

810 (49.3)

81 (39.2)

89 (47.6)

120 (51.7)

141 (49.5)

99 (53.1)

280 (47.2)

0.2048c

Education: n (%)a

        

   ≤ 12 years

1448 (86.9)

166 (83.0)

134 (79.3)

217 (89.8)

275 (87.1)

129 (80.9)

527 (91.9)

 

   > 12 years

211 (13.1)

28 (17.0)

34 (20.7)

27 (10.2)

42 (12.9)

35 (19.1)

45 (8.1)

0.0003 c

Employment: n (%)a

        

   paid employment

77 (5.7)

9 (4.8)

7 (4.8)

4 (1.6)

45 (14.4)

2 (1.1)

10 (2.4)

 

   no paid employment

1582 (94.3)

185 (95.2)

161 (95.2)

240 (98.4)

272 (85.6)

162 (98.9)

562 (97.6)

< 0.0001c

Household income

        

   mean (SD)

16512 (17148)

15763 (12450)

22999 (27094)

22193 (19152)

19183 (16683)

19306 (21125)

10155 (8729)

 

   median (range)

11899

(0 - 182329)

12444

(509 - 88597)

15710

(473 - 165164)

15722

(486 - 142856)

14254

(465 - 118992)

12865

(0 - 182329)

7167

(481 - 71370)

 

   weighted mean (SE)

19244 (588)

17010 (1093)

22613 (1986)

22191 (1228)

18294 (720)

19483 (1556)

11055 (462)

< 0.0001b

  1. a Unweighted n, weighted proportion; b weighted regression analysis testing for deviation of country specific means from grand mean; c weighted chi-square test for differences between countries.
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