Table 2.

Characteristics of research population (n = 146)

Characteristics		Percentage [Number]
Education	Low1	10% [14]
	Medium2	76% [111]
	High3	11% [16]
	Unknown	3% [5]
Employment	Unemployed or voluntary service	9% [13]
	Pupils/Students	35% [52]
	Industrial workers	11% [16]
	Tradeswomen	3% [4]
	Office clerks and shop employers	30% [44]
	Professionals/directors/managers	12% [17]
Health	No insurance	3% [4]
Insurance	Pro-Pauper Insurance ( PP)4	17% [25]
	Social Insurance Security Bank (SVB)	67% [98]
	Civil Servant Health Insurance	5% [8]
	Other/Private Health Insurance	8% [11]
Marital Status	Single	29% [42]
	Partner	44% [64]
	Living together with partner	11% [16]
	Married	16% [24]
Place of birth	Curacao	79% [116]
	Dominican Republic	7% [10]
	The Netherlands	5% [7]
	Other island of the Netherlands Antilles	2% [3]
	Other	7% [10]

¹ Low: no education or primary education;

² Medium: pre-vocational and senior general secondary education, pre-university education;

³ High: university and higher vocational education.

⁴ Healthcare insurance paid by the government