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. 2014 Mar 11;11:36. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-36

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

  Total Deprived target districts Control groups
Rest of the Netherlands Other deprived districtsb Other deprived districts, same cityc
Numbers
  
  
  
  
  
n 4-digit zipcodes
 3502
 83
 3419
 250
 119
n adults in total
 48401
 1517
 46884
 4277
 2389
n adults per half year (mean ± SD)
 3025 ± 293
 95 ± 16
 2 930 ± 286
 267 ± 26
 149 ± 15
n adults per zipcode (mean ± SD)
 14 ± 12
 18 ± 8
 14 ± 12
 17 ± 11
 20 ± 11
Characteristics a
 
  
  
  
  
Age (mean ± SD)
 49.4 ± 16.9
 48.1 + 17.9
 49.4 + 16.9*
 48.8 + 17.2
 48.2 + 17.0
Gender (%)
  
  
  
  
  
Men
 47.7
 46.1
 47.8
 46.0
 45.6
Women
 52.3
 53.9
 52.2
 54.0
 54.4
Household composition (%)
  
  
 *
 *
 *
Partner/married with child (ren)
 39.4
 35.2
 39.5
 33.9
 33.2
Partner/married without child (ren)
 38.4
 28.3
 38.7
 36.1
 32.7
Single without child (ren)
 16.9
 25.4
 16.6
 23.0
 26.2
Single with child (ren)
 4.1
 8.2
 4.0
 5.1
 5.6
Other
 1.2
 2.8
 1.1
 1.9
 2.3
Ethnicity (%)
  
  
 *
 *
 *
Ethnic Dutch
 87.8
 66.1
 88.5
 80.5
 77.2
Non-ethnic Dutch, western
 7.1
 9.7
 7.1
 9.4
 10.6
Non-ethnic Dutch, non-western
 3.4
 19.1
 2.8
 7.1
 8.8
Non-ethnic Dutch, origin unknown
 1.2
 3.3
 1.1
 1.8
 2.2
Education (%)
  
  
 *
 *
 *
Primary education
 13.4
 22.0
 13.2
 16.9
 15.9
Secondary education: lower level
 23.3
 25.1
 23.2
 20.6
 17.6
Secondary education: higher level
 35.1
 29.1
 35.3
 29.9
 26.8
Tertiary education
 26.3
 21.9
 26.4
 30.3
 37.0
Income (%)
  
  
 *
 *
 *
First quintile (< €15037)
 16.5
 27.9
 16.1
 21.3
 22.6
Second quintile (€15037 - €19000)
 18.9
 23.8
 18.7
 20.2
 18.9
Third quintile (€19001 - €23317)
 19.8
 19.6
 19.8
 19.0
 17.8
Fourth quintile (€23318 - €29746)
 21.3
 15.0
 21.5
 19.0
 18.5
Fifth quintile (> €29746)
 22.0
 11.7
 22.3
 19.0
 20.7
Physical activity (% active)
  
  
  
  
  
Leisure-time walking
 62.6
 63.3
 62.6
 60.8
 62.7
Leisure-time cycling
 54.6
 42.0
 55.0*
 49.5*
 48.7*
Sports 43.0 36.7 43.2* 41.2* 42.9*

*Differs significantly from deprived target districts.

aPercentages may not add up to 100% due to the category ‘missings’ which has not been reported.

bDistricts with levels of deprivation similar to that of the deprived target districts, but where the District Approach had not been introduced.

cDistricts with levels of deprivation similar to that of the deprived target districts and that are situated in the same cities as the deprived target districts, but where the District Approach had not been introduced.