Table 2.

Univariate description of study variables by country: weighted percentages, (averages), and [medians]

Variables	AT	BE	CH	DK	DE	ES	FR	GR	IL	IT	NL	SE
Predisposing
Age	(65.31)	(64.05)	(63.75)	(63.34)	(63.34)	(66.01)	(63.65)	(63.33)	(65.81)	(63.92)	(62.70)	(64.09)
Gender (men)	42.10	46.47	47.35	46.41	46.88	42.14	44.45	46.86	45.67	44.98	47.17	47.14
Unmarried alone	33.87	23.50	27.08	32.27	30.19	24.90	27.34	26.68	17.08	24.76	27.55	33.85
Unmarried/children	4.95	4.01	4.14	1.60	3.87	10.20	3.97	6.93	9.47	8.74	3.05	2.78
Married	52.15	61.03	56.26	58.80	57.58	40.44	58.37	46.71	49.20	43.55	57.33	54.97
Married/children	9.03	11.46	12.52	7.33	8.36	24.46	10.32	19.68	24.25	22.94	12.07	8.40
Need
ADL	(1.24)	(0.73)	(0.10)	(0.78)	(0.51)	(0.32)	(2.13)	(0.53)	(0.69)	(0.24)	(0.83)	(1.82)
IADL	(1.41)	(0.87)	(0.15)	(0.96)	(0.60)	(0.56)	(2.28)	(0.70)	(0.92)	(0.35)	(0.94)	(1.94)
SPH < good	39.27	31.00	19.28	30.79	43.82	49.89	37.44	35.48	48.82	50.49	30.52	35.21
Conditions	(1.24)	(2.14)	(1.06)	(2.73)	(2.11)	(2.28)	(3.11)	(1.72)	(2.22)	(6.37)	(2.27)	(3.47)
Symptoms	(1.31)	(1.77)	(1.01)	(2.07)	(1.49)	(1.95)	(2.84)	(1.62)	(2.50)	(1.98)	(1.84)	(3.54)
Depression	(1.96)	(2.32)	(1.88)	(1.83)	(1.89)	(3.15)	(2.79)	(2.17)	(2.93)	(2.84)	(1.96)	(1.98)
Economic access
Low education	(31.41)	(50.83)	(52.37)	(25.01)	(17.82)	(85.33)	(53.23)	(59.97)	(24.90)	(77.45)	(57.06)	(52.36)
Med education	(45.68)	(25.95)	(21.96)	(43.36)	(54.73)	(7.54)	(28.02)	(23.27)	(55.64)	(15.23)	(23.17)	(18.18)
High education	(22.92)	(23.22)	(25.67)	(31.62)	(27.45)	(7.12)	(18.75)	(16.76)	(19.46)	(7.32)	(19.76)	(29.46)
Income (€)	[1,695]	[1,551]	[2,427]	[2,259]	[1,779]	[827]	[1,728]	[863]	[820]	[1,204]	[2,160]	[2,080]
Wealth (*1,000€)	[96.5]	[158.5]	[180.8]	[112.4]	[90.4]	[113.3]	[143.8]	[90]	[82]	[115.7]	[104.4]	[79.5]
Out-of-pocket	(6.62)	(6.01)	(5.26)	(4.13)	(1.33)	(5.66)	(0.31)	(7.75)	(5.15)	(12.42)	(2.16)	(1.65)
Income inadequacy	26.67	30.03	18.33	26.68	19.36	56.86	33.55	70.74	57.43	64.42	21.31	23.88