Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population across first fourth and eight and higher floor of residence
| Characteristic | Ground floor | Fourth floor | Eighth floor | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 218,529 | 100.0 | 158,605 | 100.0 | 42,246 | 100.0 | 1,500,015 | 100.0 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 105,694 | 48.4 | 74,308 | 46.9 | 19,257 | 45.6 | 703,972 | 46.9 |
| Female | 112,835 | 51.6 | 84,297 | 53.1 | 22,989 | 54.4 | 796,043 | 53.1 |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| Mean (SD) | 50.4 | (14.9) | 53.0 | (15.5) | 56.7 | (15.2) | 52.3 | (15.4) |
| 30–39 | 68,098 | 31.2 | 40,843 | 25.8 | 7,340 | 17.4 | 410,355 | 27.4 |
| 40–49 | 53,303 | 24.4 | 34,188 | 21.6 | 7,585 | 18.0 | 334,038 | 22.3 |
| 50–64 | 56,114 | 25.7 | 44,950 | 28.3 | 13,821 | 32.7 | 411,497 | 27.4 |
| 65–94 | 41,014 | 18.8 | 38,624 | 24.4 | 13,500 | 32.0 | 344,125 | 22.9 |
| Civil status | ||||||||
| Single | 35,041 | 16.0 | 31,347 | 19.8 | 6,255 | 14.8 | 262,071 | 17.5 |
| Married | 143,024 | 65.4 | 94,795 | 59.8 | 26,212 | 62.0 | 940,662 | 62.7 |
| Widowed | 16,127 | 7.4 | 13,719 | 8.6 | 4,453 | 10.5 | 127,488 | 8.5 |
| Divorced | 24,337 | 11.1 | 18,744 | 11.8 | 5,326 | 12.6 | 169,794 | 11.3 |
| Nationality | ||||||||
| Switzerland | 158,602 | 72.6 | 117,958 | 74.4 | 32,828 | 77.7 | 1,104,671 | 73.6 |
| Rest of Europe | 53,734 | 24.6 | 35,732 | 22.5 | 8,057 | 19.1 | 351,856 | 23.5 |
| Other/unknown | 6,193 | 2.8 | 4,915 | 3.1 | 1,361 | 3.2 | 43,488 | 2.9 |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Protestant | 70,769 | 32.4 | 45,956 | 29.0 | 14,277 | 33.8 | 460,813 | 30.7 |
| Catholic | 93,286 | 42.7 | 69,418 | 43.8 | 16,021 | 37.9 | 653,289 | 43.6 |
| No affiliation | 29,466 | 13.5 | 25,384 | 16.0 | 7,069 | 16.7 | 213,598 | 14.2 |
| Other/unknown | 25,008 | 11.4 | 17,847 | 11.3 | 4,879 | 11.5 | 172,315 | 11.5 |
| Language | ||||||||
| German | 124,531 | 57.0 | 81,358 | 51.3 | 20,756 | 49.1 | 813,135 | 54.2 |
| French | 46,436 | 21.2 | 44,120 | 27.8 | 14,732 | 34.9 | 371,097 | 24.7 |
| Italian | 19,193 | 8.8 | 13,910 | 8.8 | 1,879 | 4.4 | 126,893 | 8.5 |
| Other | 28,369 | 13.0 | 19,217 | 12.1 | 4,879 | 11.5 | 188,890 | 12.6 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary or less | 62,214 | 28.5 | 42,926 | 27.1 | 11,747 | 27.8 | 424,767 | 28.3 |
| Secondary | 110,182 | 50.4 | 78,688 | 49.6 | 22,183 | 52.5 | 750,850 | 50.1 |
| Tertiary | 46,133 | 21.1 | 36,991 | 23.3 | 8,316 | 19.7 | 324,398 | 21.6 |
| Professional status | ||||||||
| Top management, independent professions | 4,820 | 2.2 | 3,524 | 2.2 | 645 | 1.5 | 31,453 | 2.1 |
| Other self-employed | 11,728 | 5.4 | 7,866 | 5.0 | 1,371 | 3.2 | 71,920 | 4.8 |
| Professionals, senior management | 12,096 | 5.5 | 10,351 | 6.5 | 1,897 | 4.5 | 86,855 | 5.8 |
| Lower management, skilled labour | 61,493 | 28.1 | 39,401 | 24.8 | 9,477 | 22.4 | 391,552 | 26.1 |
| Unskilled labour | 20,299 | 9.3 | 12,629 | 8.0 | 3,157 | 7.5 | 129,790 | 8.7 |
| Other employment | 32,434 | 14.8 | 21,217 | 13.4 | 4,955 | 11.7 | 205,891 | 13.7 |
| Unemployed, seeking work | 6,707 | 3.1 | 5,068 | 3.2 | 1,178 | 2.8 | 45,819 | 3.1 |
| Not in paid employment | 68,952 | 31.6 | 58,549 | 36.9 | 19,566 | 46.3 | 536,735 | 35.8 |
| Type of household | ||||||||
| Single person household | 54,994 | 25.2 | 48,704 | 30.7 | 12,651 | 29.9 | 416,550 | 27.8 |
| Couple without children | 65,190 | 29.8 | 53,881 | 34.0 | 16,477 | 39.0 | 496,043 | 33.1 |
| Household with children | 82,648 | 37.8 | 44,469 | 28.0 | 10,398 | 24.6 | 479,328 | 32 |
| Single parent household | 10,647 | 4.9 | 6,716 | 4.2 | 1,698 | 4.0 | 68,520 | 4.6 |
| Other | 5,050 | 2.3 | 4,835 | 3.0 | 1,022 | 2.4 | 39,574 | 2.6 |
Swiss National Cohort, Switzerland 2000