Table 1.
Characteristics of 1,341 participants of the Amsterdam Health Monitoring Survey, 2004
| Characteristics |
Study sample |
Amsterdam adult population |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | (Estimated proportion) | |
| Total |
1,341 |
|
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
| Female |
717 |
(53.5) |
50.3 |
| Male |
619 |
(46.2) |
49.7 |
| Sex missing |
5 |
(0.4) |
- |
| Age category |
|
|
|
| 18–34 |
212 |
(15.8) |
35.1 |
| 35–44 |
291 |
(21.7) |
23.8 |
| 45–54 |
325 |
(24.2) |
17.1 |
| 55–64 |
279 |
(20.8) |
12.0 |
| 65 and older |
224 |
(16.7) |
12.0 |
| Age missing |
10 |
(0.7) |
- |
| Ethnic origin |
|
|
|
| Dutch |
437 |
(32.6) |
53.5 |
| Moroccan |
275 |
(20.5) |
6.9 |
| 1st generation, Moroccan |
262 |
- |
- |
| Surinamese or Antillean |
88 |
(6.6) |
9.3 |
| 1st generation, Surinamese or Antillean |
78 |
- |
- |
| Turkish |
319 |
(23.8) |
4.4 |
| 1st generation, Turkish |
306 |
- |
- |
| Other ethnic origin |
212 |
(15.8) |
25.9 |
| 1st generation, other ethnic origin |
189 |
- |
- |
| Ethnic origin missing |
10 |
(0.7) |
- |
| Immigration status |
|
|
|
| Autochthonous (born in the Netherlands) |
516 |
(38.5) |
64.4 |
| Immigrated at age ≤ 10 years |
64 |
(4.8) |
5.8 |
| Immigrated at age > 10 years |
721 |
(53.8) |
29.8 |
| Immigrated at unknown age |
32 |
(2.4) |
- |
| Country of birth missing |
8 |
(0.6) |
- |
| Having children |
|
|
|
| Yes |
634 |
(47.3) |
55.7 |
| No |
394 |
(29.4) |
44.3 |
| Missing |
313 |
(23.3) |
- |
| Number of children (n = 1,028) |
|
|
|
| 0 |
394 |
(38.3) |
44.8 |
| 1 |
203 |
(19.7) |
21.6 |
| 2 |
239 |
(23.2) |
22.0 |
| 3 or more |
176 |
(17.1) |
11.6 |
| Number of children missing | 16 | (1.2) | - |