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. 2012 Sep 18;12:143. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-143

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample

  Switching
Combination
Augmentation
Total
(N = 133) (N = 80) (N = 60) (N = 273)
Age (years), mean (95%CI)
46.5 (44.5-48.4)
45.9 (43.4-48.1)
49.0 (46.5-51.4)
46.8 (45.5-48.1)
Sex (female), n (%)
92 (69.2)
53 (66.3)
40 (66.7)
185 (67.8)
Marital status, n (%)
 
 
 
 
Single
16 (12.0)
11 (13.8)
14 (23.3)
41 (15.0)
Married
80 (60.2)
48 (60.0)
35 (58.3)
163 (59.7)
Divorced or separated
37 (27.8)
21 (26.3)
11 (18.3)
69 (25.3)
Education level, n (%)
 
 
 
 
No education/ Primary education
78 (58.7)
46 (57.5)
41 (68.3)
165 (60.4)
Secondary/ University education
55 (41.4)
34 (42.5)
19 (31.7)
108 (39.6)
Family structure, n (%)
 
 
 
 
Living alone
17 (12.8)
8 (10.0)
11 (18.3)
36 (13.2)
Couple family
17 (12.8)
18 (22.5)
8 (13.3)
43 (15.8)
Parental family
13 (9.8)
9 (11.3)
11 (18.3)
33 (12.1)
Own family
86 (64.7)
45 (56.3)
30 (50.0)
161 (59.0)
Socioeconomic status, n (%)
 
 
 
 
Low/Low-Middle
55 (41.4)
30 (37.5)
23 (38.3)
108 (39.6)
Middle
62 (46.6)
40 (50.0)
31 (51.7)
133 (48.7)
Middle-High
16 (12.0)
10 (12.5)
6 (10.0)
32 (11.7)
Work status, n (%)
 
 
 
 
Active
79 (59.4)
50 (62.5)
20 (33.3)
149 (54.6)
Unemployed
39 (29.3)
19 (23.8)
20 (33.3)
78 (28.6)
Retired/Pensioner 15 (11.3) 11 (13.8) 20 (33.3) 46 (16.9)