Table 2.
Sample characteristics of participants in the response scaling task with UK and Spain general population figures for comparison
| UK (n = 40)d | Spain (n = 37)* | UK general populatione | Spain general population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Men | 18 (45%) | 16 (43%) | 49% | 49.4%a |
| Women | 22 (55%) | 21 (57%) | 51% | 50.6%a | |
| Age | ≤40 | 17 (43%) | 19 (51%) | 38%∧,# | 51.8%a |
| > 40 | 21 (53%) | 18 (49%) | 40%∧,# | 48.2%a | |
| Educational level | Low (no schooling or only primary) | 4 (10%) | 7 (19%) | 29%# | 32.1%b |
| Middle (left school 16–18 yrs) | 21 (53%) | 8 (22%) | 44%# | 48.2%b | |
| High (university or similar) | 13 (33%) | 22 (59%) | 20%# | 32.1%b | |
| Employment status | In paid employment | 21 (53%) | 26 (76.5%) | 73.8%* | 62.4%b |
| Looking for work | 2 (5%) | 1 (3%) | 6.8%* | 9.0%b | |
| Looking after home/family | 2 (5%) | 1 (3%) | 5% | 12.2%b | |
| Student | 3 (7.5%) | 0 | 2% | 8.2%b | |
| Retired/pensioner | 8 (20%) | 6 (17.6%) | 10% | 6.2%b | |
| Other | 2 (5%) | – | – | 2.0%b | |
| Health status | EQ-VAS score, mean (SD) | 77.8 (18.6) | 80.2 (11.2) | 82.5 (17) | 77.5c |
| N (%) of respondents in EQ-5D state 11111 | 28 (70%) | 7 (20%) | – | 59.7%c |
∧Data for age is provided for the age groups ≤ 44, > 45
#Data from April 2009
* Data for England and Wales only
aData from Spanish National Institute of Statistics for 2007 (http://www.ine.es) accessed September 10th, 2010)
bData from 2006 Spanish National Health Survey
cData from 2006 Catalan Health Interview Survey
dIn the UK, missing data is n = 2
eUK census data, 2001