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Table 2 Study sample characteristics

From: Valuing health states: is the MACBETH approach useful for valuing EQ-5D-3L health states?

 

Sample of respondents who completed the questionnaire (n=243)

Sample of respondents after exclusions due to MACBETH and TTO variant (n=210)

Gender (%)

Female

64.0

63.8

Male

36.0

36.2

Age (%)

Mean (SD)

34.4 (13.1) years

34.3 (13.1) years

18-24 years

31.7

33.3

25-30 years

18.9

17.6

31-44 years

25.5

25.2

> 44 years

23.9

23.8

Educational attainment (%)

Less than secondary

2.1

1.4

Secondary

26.3

24.8

High than secondary

71.6

73.8

Marital status (%)

Single

51.0

50.0

Married/ living with a partner

45.7

48.1

Divorced/separated

2.5

1.4

Widowed

0.8

0.5

Occupational status (%)

Student

33.3

36.2

Employed

53.9

51.4

Unemployed

9.7

3.3

Retired

4.1

4.3

Domestic

1.2

1.4

Other situation

3.7

3.3

Household (%)

1-2 members

28.4

26.7

3-4 members

63.0

64.3

5 or more members

8.4

9.0

Chronic disease (%)

Yes

19.3

18.6

No

77.8

79.1

Not answer/Didn’t know

2.9

2.4

Numeracy (%)

Mean (SD)

2.4 (0.8) right answers

2.4 (0.8) right answers

0 right answers

2.9

2.9

1 right answer

11.5

11.4

2 right answers

27.6

26.2

3 right answers

58.0

59.5