Table 2.
Descriptive statistics: means or percentages by country
| Variables | Native-born |
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| Countries | All | Austria | Belgium | Denmark | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | |
| Number of respondents | 25,175 | 1,673 | 3,394 | 1,552 | 2,545 | 2,392 | 2,604 | 2,470 | 2,693 | 2,301 | 2,745 | 806 | |
| Dependent | Times physician | 6.5 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| Times GP | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 3.2 | |
| Times hospital | 0.20 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.15 | |
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| Health status | Less than good heath | 38.4% | 39.6% | 32.6% | 30.6% | 37.2% | 44.7% | 38.2% | 52.1% | 31.1% | 50.0% | 36.0% | 17.5% |
| Chronic diseases | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | |
| Number of symptoms | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |
| Marital status | Married | 63.7% | 59.2% | 68.9% | 61.4% | 64.8% | 62.1% | 67.1% | 63.6% | 65.9% | 63.0% | 56.1% | 66.1% |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | Age | 65.3 | 65.0 | 64.9 | 64.6 | 65.7 | 65.1 | 65.2 | 65.9 | 64.4 | 66.4 | 66.2 | 64.7 |
| Gender | Female | 54.1% | 55.6% | 54.0% | 53.5% | 55.4% | 55.2% | 53.4% | 55.0% | 53.3% | 54.2% | 52.6% | 53.4% |
| Education | Years of education | 9.7 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| Employment status | Employed | 27.9% | 21.5% | 22.5% | 38.0% | 26.9% | 30.9% | 25.0% | 19.7% | 30.8% | 22.5% | 39.1% | 41.6% |
| Supplementary insurance coverage | Extended access | 14.4% | 18.7% | 6.6% | 13.2% | 82.0% | 7.5% | 2.6% | 3.8% | 0% | 6.9% | 1.6% | 49.1% |
| Full coverage | 15.5% | 7.3% | 59.5% | 2.7% | 52.1% | 5.8% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 0% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 5.1% | |
| Variables | Immigrants |
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| Countries | All | Austria | Belgium | Denmark | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | |
| Number of respondents | 2,220 | 173 | 253 | 59 | 454 | 550 | 64 | 37 | 173 | 52 | 250 | 155 | |
| Dependent | Times physician | 7.3 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 7.0 |
| Times GP | 5.5 | 4.8 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.4 | 5.2 | |
| Times hospital | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.44 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.31 | |
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| Health status | Less than good health | 46.7% | 37.9% | 35.7% | 38.4% | 49.7% | 55.7% | 54.4% | 41.9% | 49.6% | 30.9% | 50.5% | 31.5% |
| Chronic diseases | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.2 | |
| Number of symptoms | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | |
| Marital status | Married | 60.8% | 51.7% | 67.6% | 48.6% | 64.8% | 61.3% | 45.8% | 70.0% | 59.4% | 64.4% | 54.6% | 66.2% |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | Age | 64.7 | 66.6 | 65.1 | 63.4 | 63.5 | 66.6 | 68.5 | 64.7 | 62.7 | 60.9 | 63.9 | 63.5 |
| Gender | Female | 55.1% | 56.4% | 54.4% | 51.0% | 53.2% | 54.3% | 63.7% | 66.8% | 52.9% | 59.6% | 57.3% | 55.6% |
| Education | Years of education | 10.3 | 10.6 | 9.3 | 13.8 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Occupation | Employed | 27.2% | 20.5% | 19.6% | 37.0% | 31.5% | 18.4% | 22.0% | 24.7% | 31.8% | 44.0% | 37.5% | 36.3% |
| Supplementary insurance coverage | Extended access | 20.2% | 17.3% | 10.8% | 15.6% | 69.4% | 3.6% | 8.0% | 4.6% | 0% | 14.5% | 0.9% | 40.6% |
| Full coverage | 15.5% | 8.0% | 51.2% | 4.7% | 35.1% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 0% | 0% | 4.9% | 1.2% | 8.9% | |
| Length of stay | >20 years | 84.1% | 79.0% | 90.0% | 84.5% | 93.0% | 77.8% | 93.3% | 85.3% | 82.4% | 47.5% | 83.5% | 89.7% |
| 10 < x < 20 years | 10.1% | 12.2% | 7.3% | 12.2% | 2.9% | 15.7% | 6.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% | 16.8% | 12.6% | 8.4% | |
| Variables | Immigrants |
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| Countries | All | Austria | Belgium | Denmark | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Netherlands | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | |
| Number of respondents | 2,220 | 173 | 253 | 59 | 454 | 550 | 64 | 37 | 173 | 52 | 250 | 155 | |
| <10 years | 5.7% | 8.8% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 6.5% | 7.3% | 35.7% | 4.9% | 1.9% | |
| Place of origin | America | 6.3% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 18.4% | 2.9% | 0.2% | 3.9% | 15.4% | 22.5% | 46.6% | 8.5% | 1.6% |
| Africa | 12.3% | 0.0% | 7.4% | 3.5% | 44.3% | 0.8% | 12.7% | 22.9% | 10.6% | 5.8% | 3.0% | 2.9% | |
| Asia | 6.0% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 13.6% | 8.5% | 2.7% | 9.6% | 0.0% | 22.1% | 4.0% | 5.1% | 2.2% | |
| Europe | 75.4% | 96.1% | 86.7% | 64.6% | 44.3% | 96.3% | 73.8% | 61.7% | 44.8% | 43.6% | 93.4% | 93.3% | |
Source SHARE data, 2004. Weights are used in this table