Table 3.
Sample characteristics for CVD+ and CVD- households in five European countries; % of respondents within each CVD group
| Belgium | Denmark | The Netherlands | Poland | Spain | |||||||||||
| CVD+ (n = 90) 10.5% |
CVD- (n = 762) 89.5% |
p |
CVD+ (n = 45) 4.0% |
CVD- (n = 1065) 96.0% |
p |
CVD+ (n = 88) 10.9% |
CVD- (n = 721) 89.1% |
p |
CVD+ (n = 87) 8.6% |
CVD- (n = 928) 91.4% |
p |
CVD+ (n = 41) 4.1% |
CVD- (n = 959) 95.9% |
p |
|
| Age * | 52.1 | 45.1 | < .001 | 56.3 | 45.4 | < .001 | 46.8 | 39.4 | < .001 | 50.8 | 42.0 | < .001 | 40.1 | 38.2 | .347 |
| Gender | .172 | .381 | .319 | .989 | .735 | ||||||||||
| Male | 18.9 | 25.5 | 20.0 | 25.8 | 33.0 | 27.9 | 29.9 | 30.0 | 12.2 | 10.5 | |||||
| Female | 81.1 | 74.5 | 80.0 | 74.2 | 67.0 | 72.1 | 70.1 | 70.0 | 87.8 | 89.5 | |||||
| Education | .405 | .494 | .106 | .037 | .258 | ||||||||||
| Unskilled | 25.5 | 19.6 | 42.9 | 47.0 | 55.2 | 44.1 | 56.3 | 42.5 | 56.1 | 62.9 | |||||
| Skilled | 66.7 | 71.7 | 35.7 | 38.3 | 42.5 | 50.8 | 35.6 | 44.2 | 19.5 | 11.2 | |||||
| Higher | 7.8 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 13.3 | 24.4 | 24.9 | |||||
| Household income | .521 | .527 | . 248 | . 183 | .694 | ||||||||||
| Lower | 30.0 | 25.2 | 15.6 | 22.1 | 34.1 | 29.7 | 31.0 | 29.8 | 26.8 | 21.7 | |||||
| Middle | 44.4 | 50.3 | 48.9 | 47.9 | 40.9 | 50.2 | 50.6 | 43.0 | 43.9 | 49.5 | |||||
| Upper | 25.6 | 24.5 | 35.5 | 30.0 | 25.0 | 20.1 | 18.4 | 27.2 | 29.3 | 28.8 | |||||
* Mean (years)