Table 1. Respondent Characteristics by Survey Year Among Adults 50–75 years of age from Swiss Health Interview Survey 2007 and 2012 (n = 13,170).
| 2007N = 5946 | 2012N = 7224 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomic characteristics | N (%) 1 | N (%) 1 | p-value 2 |
| Household Income (USD) 3 | <0.001 | ||
| ≤2000 | 555(8.2) | 514(7.2) | |
| 2001–4000 | 2692(45.8) | 3087(42.7) | |
| 4001–6000 | 1708(28.9) | 2264(31.7) | |
| >6000 | 991(17.2) | 1359(18.5) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||
| Compulsory | 801(11.4) | 1029(14.0) | |
| Secondary | 3631(60.9) | 4129(55.7) | |
| Tertiary | 1514(27.7) | 2066(30.3) | |
| Employment status | <0.001 | ||
| Out of the labour force | 3077(46.1) | 2964(38.9) | |
| Employed Full or Part-Time | 2869(53.9) | 4260(61.1) | |
| Occupational Class Among Employed (n = 7,129) | 0.002 | ||
| Liberal/Intermediate professions | 1198(42.4) | 1760(42.0) | |
| Non-manual professions | 528(17.2) | 676(15.2) | |
| Independent, artisan | 516(17.3) | 896(20.3) | |
| Overseer, qualified worker and skilled worker | 627(23.1) | 928(22.5) | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | 0.002 | ||
| 50–64 | 3727(68.0) | 4717(66.6) | |
| 65–75 | 2219(32.0) | 2507(33.4) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||
| Male | 2694(50.8) | 3528(50.5) | |
| Female | 3252(49.2) | 3696(49.5) | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | ||
| Single | 571(6.7) | 666(8.8) | |
| Married and Registered partnership | 3552(72.0) | 4960(67.7) | |
| Widow | 806(8.2) | 484(6.5) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 1017(13.2) | 1114(17.0) | |
| Citzenship | <0.001 | ||
| Swiss | 5532(88.9) | 6434(86.4) | |
| Not Swiss | 414(11.1) | 790(13.6) | |
| Urban areas | <0.001 | ||
| Metropolitan areas | 2480(52.8) | 3434(51.9) | |
| Medium size urban areas | 1601(23.3) | 1709(24.1) | |
| Small size urban areas | 951(11.7) | 1161(11.8) | |
| Rural areas | 914(12.4) | 920(12.2) | |
| Health status | |||
| Self-rated health | <0.001 | ||
| Very bad or bad | 252(3.9) | 360(4.6) | |
| So-so | 819(12.6) | 1265(17.3) | |
| Good | 3861(66.3) | 3370(47.3) | |
| Very good | 1014(17.2) | 2229(30.8) | |
| Body mass index | <0.001 | ||
| Underweight | 134(1.9) | 163(2.0) | |
| Normal weight | 2930(48.5) | 3315(45.3) | |
| Overweight | 2180(38.2) | 2724(38.4) | |
| Obesity | 702(11.3) | 1022(14.2) | |
| Physical symptoms 4 | <0.001 | ||
| No, a few | 2255(41.4) | 3363(49.1) | |
| Some | 1990(35.3) | 2172(30.9) | |
| Important | 1427(23.3) | 1429(20.0) | |
| Psychological distress 5 | 0.010 | ||
| High | 240(3.5) | 347(4.5) | |
| Moderate | 675(10.8) | 909(12.8) | |
| Low | 4935(85.8) | 5892(82.7) | |
| Currently smoking | 0.523 | ||
| Yes | 1394(23.3) | 1728(23.6) | |
| No | 4552(76.7) | 5496(76.4) | |
| Hospitalization last 12 months | 0.577 | ||
| No | 5156(87.2) | 6288(87.7) | |
| yes | 790(12.8) | 936(12.3) | |
| Health service use | |||
| General practitioner visit(s) past 12 months | <0.001 | ||
| No | 1060(18.5) | 1951(27.6) | |
| Yes | 4886(81.5) | 5273(72.4) | |
| Specialist visit(s) past 12 months | <0.001 | ||
| No | 3571(60.2) | 4064(57.0) | |
| Yes | 2375(39.8) | 3160(43.0) |
1 Proportions are weighted.
2 Unweighted Pearson Chi-square test.
3 In October 2014, $1US Dollar = 1 CHF = 0.8 EUR.
4.Missing on 570 respondents
5 Missing on 208 respondents.