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. 2010 May 19;7:44. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-44

Table 2.

Participant characteristics.

n

Sex (n = 59)
 - Male 30
 - Female 29

Ethnicity (n = 59)
 - Native Dutch (4 focus groups) 27
 - Turkish immigrant (2 focus groups) 21
 - Moroccan immigrant (1 focus group) 11
mean range
Age (n = 47) 46.2 19 - 73
Expenditures on groceries per week (n = 34) € 91.30 € 10 - 150
Household size (n = 44) 3.2 1 - 6

n

Education level (n = 48)
 - No education 1
 - Primary school 11
 - Lower general secondary education 10
 - Higher secondary education/pre-university education 11
 - Intermediate vocational education 2
 - Higher vocational education/University 13
Net annual income (n = 41) a, b
 - Less than € 10.000 5
 - € 10.000-15.000 10
 - € 15.000-20.000 11
 - € 20.000-30.000 3
 - € 30.000-40.000 7
 - € 40.000+ 5
Work status (n = 41)
 - Employed 16
 - (partially) Unfit for work 6
 - Unemployed/social security 12
 - Retired 5
 - Other 2

a. The standard net annual income in the Netherlands (in 2008) was € 19.116 [47]

b. National statistics reveal that (in 2007) 52.7% of the Dutch households had an income above standard [48]