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. 2023 Apr 12;12:e43503. doi: 10.2196/43503

Table 2.

Description of the study population of the interview survey German Health Update Fokus (GEDA Fokus) (n=6038).


Croatian (n=1223) Italian (n=1205) Polish (n=1193) Syrian (n=1209) Turkish (n=1208)

n (%)a Weighted % (95% CI) n (%)a Weighted % (95% CI) n (%)a Weighted % (95% CI) n (%)a Weighted % (95% CI) n (%)a Weighted % (95% CI)
Region

North 176 (14.39) 6.6 (2.4-16.7) 193 (16.02) 6.6 (2.9-14.4) 161 (13.5) 20.4 (9.5-38.6) 157 (12.99) 19.4 (9.8-34.7) 154 (12.75) 13.5 (6.0-27.5)

East 157 (12.84) 5.3 (1.5-16.8) 209 (17.34) 5.9 (1.9-17.1) 189 (15.84) 14.0 (4.1-38.3) 169 (13.98) 20.8 (7.4-46.1) 199 (16.47) 6.4 (1.6-21.9)

South 380 (31.07) 63.3 (50.1-74.9) 382 (31.7) 53.0 (40.1-65.5) 366 (30.68) 28.5 (18.6-41.0) 420 (34.74) 27.5 (17.4-40.6) 396 (32.78) 36.7 (25.3-49.8)

West 510 (41.7) 24.8 (15.7-37.0) 421 (34.94) 34.5 (23.7-47.2) 477 (39.98) 37.1 (24.8-51.3) 463 (38.3) 32.4 (21.2-46.1) 459 (38) 43.5 (30.7-57.2)
BIKb classification

<8 125 (10.22) 29.7 (19.7-42.0) 148 (12.28) 36.2 (25.0-49.0) 134 (11.23) 26.0 (16.8-38.0) 148 (12.24) 35.9 (23.3-50.8) 152 (12.58) 19.3 (12.5-28.4)

≥8 1098 (89.78) 70.3 (58.0-80.3) 1057 (87.72) 63.8 (51.0-75.0) 1059 (88.77) 74.0 (62.0-83.3) 1061 (87.76) 64.1 (49.2-76.7) 1056 (87.42) 80.8 (71.6-87.5)
Sex

Female 663 (54.21) 47.7 (42.6-52.8) 581 (48.22) 40.5 (35.1-46.1) 685 (57.42) 51.4 (46.4-56.4) 759 (62.78) 64.6 (59.9-69.1) 604 (50) 49.0 (44.8-53.2)

Male 560 (45.79) 52.3 (47.2-57.4) 624 (51.78) 59.5 (53.9-64.9) 508 (42.58) 48.6 (43.6-53.7) 450 (37.22) 35.4 (30.9-40.1) 604 (50) 51.0 (46.8-55.2)
Age (years)

Median (range)a 42 (18-79) N/Ac 39 (18-79) N/A 44 (18-79) N/A 34 (18-79) N/A 41 (18-79) N/A

18-29 259 (21.18) 17.3 (13.3-22.2) 286 (23.73) 19.9 (16.0-24.4) 204 (17.1) 20.2 (15.9-25.2) 399 (33) 46.1 (40.1-52.3) 356 (29.47) 20.9 (17.6-24.6)

30-39 297 (24.28) 20.9 (16.8-25.6) 324 (26.89) 20.4 (15.4-26.4) 283 (23.72) 27.3 (23.4-31.5) 399 (33) 30.6 (26.5-35.0) 217 (17.96) 19.9 (16.0-24.4)

40-49 279 (22.81) 22.0 (17.9-26.7) 226 (18.76) 16.7 (12.7-21.7) 250 (20.96) 22.9 (19.3-27.0) 219 (18.11) 14.4 (11.1-18.5) 256 (21.19) 24.1 (20.6-28.0)

50-59 189 (15.45) 15.1 (11.0-20.4) 182 (15.1) 20.5 (15.8-26.1) 220 (18.44) 17.4 (13.8-21.8) 118 (9.76) 6.0 (4.5-7.9) 217 (17.96) 18.7 (16.0-21.8)

60-69 97 (7.93) 9.8 (7.0-13.7) 121 (10.04) 16.1 (12.0-21.2) 163 (13.66) 10.4 (7.7-13.9) 56 (4.63) 2.1 (1.4-3.2) 80 (6.62) 7.6 (5.5-10.5)

70-79 102 (8.34) 14.8 (10.3-20.9) 66 (5.48) 6.4 (4.4-9.4) 73 (6.12) 1.8 (1.3-2.5) 18 (1.49) 0.8 (0.4-1.6) 82 (6.79) 8.7 (6.1-12.4)
Education (ISCEDd 2011)

Low 255 (20.85) 29.8 (23.6-36.9) 252 (20.91) 44.7 (39.4-50.1) 239 (20.03) 19.8 (15.7-24.6) 452 (37.39) 54.2 (47.0-61.3) 506 (41.89) 62.9 (58.1-67.5)

Middle 592 (48.41) 56.4 (50.0-62.6) 413 (34.27) 39.2 (34.7-43.8) 500 (41.91) 55.7 (50.2-61.1) 385 (31.84) 28.6 (23.8-34.0) 370 (30.63) 30.6 (26.4-35.2)

High 373 (30.5) 13.8 (10.6-17.8) 536 (44.48) 16.2 (12.6-20.6) 447 (37.47) 24.5 (21.1-28.3) 364 (30.12) 17.2 (13.7-21.3) 322 (26.66) 6.5 (5.0-8.4)

Missing 3 (0.24) N/A 4 (0.33) N/A 7 (0.59) N/A 8 (0.66) N/A 10 (0.83) N/A
Duration of residence (years)

Median (range)a,e 8 (1-79) N/A 11 (1-68) N/A 22 (1-67) N/A 7 (1-64) N/A 26 (1-74) N/A

≤5 284 (23.22) 15.3 (11.4-20.2) 177 (14.69) 6.9 (4.5-10.5) 121 (10.14) 12.2 (9.2-16.0) 232 (19.19) 21.6 (16.8-27.2) 165 (13.66) 3.1 (1.9-5.0)

6-10 232 (18.97) 13.1 (9.8-17.4) 213 (17.68) 8.7 (6.0-12.5) 168 (14.08) 22.6 (17.3-28.8) 822 (67.99) 72.2 (66.2-77.4) 60 (4.97) 2.4 (1.4-4.1)

11-20 57 (4.66) 6.7 (4.1-10.7) 101 (8.38) 6.4 (4.1-10.0) 198 (16.6) 24.7 (19.8-30.2) 48 (3.97) 3.2 (1.8-5.9) 86 (7.12) 8.4 (5.8-12.0)

≥21 386 (31.56) 47.2 (39.9-54.6) 324 (26.89) 46.4 (40.8-52.0) 549 (46.02) 36.4 (30.4-42.8) 64 (5.29) 2.2 (1.2-4.2) 475 (39.32) 54.7 (50.1-59.3)

Since birth 251 (20.52) 17.7 (13.5-23.0) 381 (31.62) 31.6 (26.5-37.2) 125 (10.48) 4.2 (3.1-5.8) 36 (2.98) 0.8 (0.4-1.8) 396 (32.78) 31.4 (27.0-36.1)

Missing 13 (1.06) N/A 9 (0.75) N/A 32 (2.68) N/A 7 (0.58) N/A 26 (2.15) N/A

aCrude.

bBIK: Beratung Information Kommunikation.

cN/A: not applicable.

dISCED: International Standard Classification of Education.

eWithout the category “since birth.”