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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample

From: EQ-5D self-reported health in Barbados and Jamaica with EQ-5D-5L population norms for the English-speaking Caribbean

 

Barbados

Jamaica

Caribbeana

Total respondents

2347

1423

5806

Age group

   

18–24

409

216

946

25–34

556

413

1435

35–44

560

364

1287

45–54

492

282

1145

55–64

288

148

702

 > 64

N/A

N/A

248

Gender

   

Male

997

726

2724

Female

1344

697

3076

Health insurance

   

Yes

N/A

415

873

No

N/A

1008

2565

Employment

   

Working

1734

1308

4315

Choose not to work

51

32

335

Unemployed

236

49

395

Region in country

   

I

797

727

N/A

II

1546

696

N/A

Ethnicity

   

Afro

2209

N/A

N/A

Indo

51

N/A

N/A

Other

72

N/A

N/A

Income

   

Lower 33.3%

465

225

1400

Middle 33.3%

378

247

1113

Upper 33.3%

456

175

1044

Education

   

Incomplete Secondary or less

244

244

1104

Complete Secondary or Vocational

1903

1011

3947

Tertiary

186

159

722

  1. aCaribbean = Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago