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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Health Econ. 2011 Jun 10;13(6):741–754. doi: 10.1007/s10198-011-0327-x

Table 1.

Number of respondents by sex and immigration status; characteristics of immigrants

Country N Males Females Immigrants Mean year of
immigration
% of immigrants
with citizenship
% of immigrants
Total Males Females
Austria 1,846 777 1,069 173 1952 73.4 9.4 41.0 59.0
Belgium 3,647 1,717 1,930 253 1945 51.0 6.9 46.6 53.4
Denmark 1,611 753 858 59 1963 67.8 3.7 47.5 52.5
France 2,999 1,343 1,656 454 1960 64.4 15.1 46.0 54.0
Germany 2,942 1,371 1,571 550 1962 87.3 18.7 47.6 52.4
Greece 2,668 1,241 1,427 64 1954 89.1 2.4 39.1 60.9
Italy 2,507 1,126 1,381 37 1962 100 1.5 27.0 73.0
Netherlands 2,866 1,346 1,520 173 1944 82.6 6.0 46.8 53.2
Spain 2,353 991 1,362 52 1980 50.0 2.2 32.7 67.3
Sweden 2,995 1,403 1,592 250 1966 69.2 8.4 41.2 58.8
Switzerland 961 457 504 155 1964 55.5 16.1 45.8 54.2
Total 27,395 12,525 14,870 2,220 1958 71.6 8.1 44.9 55.1

Source SHARE data 2004 (individuals 50+)