Table 1. Distribution of general characteristics of the study population, by country or region, September 20–November 22, 2005*.
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No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | DNK | POL | NLD | UK | ESP | CHN | HKG | SGP | Europe | Asia | Total |
| Total |
463 (14) |
488 (14) |
400 (12) |
401 (12) |
425 (12) |
404 (12) |
396 (12) |
426 (13) |
2,177 (64) |
1,226 (36) |
3,403 (100) |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Male | 40 | 39 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 45 | 42 |
| Female |
60 |
61 |
58 |
59 |
59 |
53 |
56 |
57 |
60 |
55 |
58 |
| Age group, y | |||||||||||
| 18–30 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 35 | 22 |
| 31–44 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 |
| 45–60 | 36 | 32 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 33 | 22 | 29 |
| 61–75 |
20 |
19 |
24 |
21 |
17 |
4 |
12 |
14 |
20 |
10 |
16 |
| Area | |||||||||||
| City | 26 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 86 | 90 | 81 | 24 | 86 | 46 |
| Town | 38 | 25 | 37 | 45 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 27 |
| Village/countryside |
37 |
54 |
55 |
36 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
39 |
4 |
26 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| Primary or less | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Low | 31 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 20 |
| Intermediate | 38 | 43 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 36 |
| High | 13 | 28 | 32 | 43 | 38 | 42 | 35 | 48 | 30 | 42 | 34 |
*DNK, Denmark; POL, Poland; NLD, the Netherlands; UK, United Kingdom; ESP, Spain; CHN, China; HKG, Hong Kong; SGP, Singapore.