Table 3.

Socio-demographic characteristics of patient sample (N=1,962)

Variables		Number of patients
Sex	male	793 (40.9%)
	female*	1,146 (59.1%)
Age (in years)	mean (sd)	48.7 (16.9)
Place of birth	Slovenia*	1,716 (88.5%)
	another country	222 (11.5%)
Mother’s place of birth	Slovenia*	1,609 (82.7%)
	another country	334 (17.2%)
Language proficiency	fluent/native speaker*	1,791 (92.7%)
	sufficiently	100 (5.2%)
	moderately	34 (1.8%)
	poorly	6 (0.3%)
	not at all	2 (0.1%)
Educational attainment level	primary or less	602 (31.2%)
	upper secondary*	859 (44.5%)
	post-secondary or higher	469 (24.3%)
Unemployed	yes	128 (6.6%)
	no*	1,807 (93.4%)
Student	yes	126 (6.5%)
	no*	1,809 (93.5%)
Retired	yes	590 (30.5%)
	no*	1,345 (69.5%)
Household income	below average	628 (32.5%)
	around average*	1,132 (58.5%)
	above average	174 (9.0%)
Household with other adults	yes*	1,540 (79.7%)
	no	393 (20.3%)
Household with children	yes	659 (34.0%)
	no*	1,278 (66.0%)
Health status	very good	246 (12.5%)
	good*	807 (41.2%)
	fair	666 (34.0%)
	poor	242 (12.3%)
Longstanding condition	yes	901 (46.0%)
	no*	1,057 (54.0%)
Number of visits/consultations	one	509 (26.7%)
	two	549 (28.8%)
	three to five*	607 (31.8%)
	six or more	244 (12.8%)

Notes: * prevailing category.