Table 3.
Demographic characteristics, skills and active choice behaviour of respondents
| Characteristics | Patients (N = 51) | Insurants Panel (N = 363) | Group 1 (N = 96) | Group 2 (N = 115) | Group 3 (N = 100) | Group 4 (N = 103) | Total (N = 413) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18- 24 years |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 25-34 years |
1 (2.0) |
13 (3.6) |
1 (1.0) |
4( 3.5) |
6 (6.0) |
3(2.9) |
14 (3.4) |
| 35-44 years |
2 (4.0) |
19 (5.2) |
4(4.2) |
8(7.0) |
0 |
9(8.8) |
21 (5.1) |
| 45- 54 years |
9 (18.0) |
40 (11.0) |
15(15.6) |
13(11.3) |
11( 11.0) |
10(9.8) |
49 (11.9) |
| 55-64 years |
19(38.0) |
124 (34.2) |
25 (26.0) |
38(33.0) |
40(40.0) |
40(39.2) |
143 (34.6) |
| 65-74 years |
14(28.0) |
136 (37.5) |
44(45.8) |
41(35.7) |
33 (33.0) |
32(31.4) |
150 (36.3) |
| 75 + |
5(10.0) |
31 (8.5) |
7(7.3) |
11(9.6) |
10(10.0) |
8(7.8) |
36 (8.7) |
| Gender (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
17(34.0) |
234 (64.5) |
64 (66.7) |
66( 57.4) |
61(61.0) |
60(58.8) |
251 (60.8) |
| Female |
33(66.0) |
129 (35.5) |
32 (33.3) |
49(42.6) |
39 (39.0) |
42(41.2) |
162 (39.2) |
| Highest level of education (N, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No education |
0 |
1 (0.3) |
0 |
0 |
1 (1.0) |
0 |
1 (0.2) |
| Primary school |
1(2.0) |
2 (0.6) |
1(1.0) |
1(0.9) |
1(1.0) |
0 |
3 (0.7) |
| Lower/preparatory vocational qualification |
0 |
45 (12.4) |
10(10.4) |
12(10.4) |
12 (12.0) |
11(10.9) |
45 (10.9) |
| Lower second/vocational level qualification |
9(18.4) |
70 (19.3) |
16(16.7) |
25(21.7) |
20(20.0) |
18 (17.8) |
79 (19.2) |
| Intermediate second level general qual. |
7(14.3) |
50(13.8) |
13(13.5) |
14(12.2) |
19(19.0) |
11(10.9) |
57 (13.8) |
| Intermediate vocational education |
5(10.2) |
38(10.5) |
11(11.5) |
14(12.2) |
6 (6.0) |
12(11.9) |
43 (10.5) |
| Advanced second level education |
17(34.7) |
127(35.0) |
36(37.5) |
41(35.7) |
31(31.0) |
36(35.6) |
144 (35.0) |
| Academic /higher vocational education |
10(20.4) |
30(8.3) |
9(9.4) |
8 (7.0) |
10 (10.0) |
13 (12.9) |
40 (9.7) |
| Literacy (0-5) (Mean; SD) |
4.9(0.3) |
4.7(0.7) |
4.8(0.7) |
4.8 (0.7) |
4.7(0.8) |
4.9(0.6) |
4.8 (0.7) |
| Numeracy (0-2) (Mean; SD) |
1.6(0.6) |
1.5(0.7) |
1.4 (0.7) |
1.5(0.7) |
1.5 (0.7) |
1.5 (0.6) |
1.5 (0.7) |
| Active choice behaviour (6-24) (Mean; SD) | 18.5(3.1) | 17.1(2.8) | 17.5 (2.6) | 17.2 (2.8) | 17.5(2.9) | 16.8(3.2) | 17.2 (2.9) |
Group 1: 3 aspects shown, Group 2: 7 aspects shown, Group 3: 11 aspects shown, Group 4: 15 aspects shown.