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. 2016 Mar 9;16:31. doi: 10.1186/s12903-016-0189-9

Table 1.

Demographics of the two samples, and a comparison of demographic data of study samples A and B with the general population of the Netherlands aged 16 years and older

Variable Study A
(n = 1082)
Outcome chi-square tests study sample A vs. Dutch population Study B
(n = 292)
Outcome chi-square tests study sample A vs. Dutch population % in Dutch population
n % n %
Gender (1) = 1.45, p = 0.23 (1) = 3.38, p = 0.07
 Women 522 48.2 169 58.3 50.8
 Men 560 51.8 121 41.7 49.2
Age (4) = 2.49, p = 0.65 (4) = 13.3, p = 0.01
 16–29 219 20.2 86 29.5 18.2
 30–39 197 18.2 40 13.7 17.9
 40–49 194 17.9 40 13.7 20.1
 50–59 180 16.6 52 17.8 16.8
  ≥ 60 292 27.1 74 25.3 27.0
Marital statusa (2) = 0.05, p = 0.98 (2) = 2.29, p = 0.32
 Single 217 20.1 72 24.8 20.1
 Cohabiting/married without Children 509 47.1 120 41.4 46.6
 Cohabiting/married (with children) 356 32.9 98 33.8 33.3
Education levela (2) = 0.55, p = 0.76 (2) = 24.8, p < 0.001
 Low 393 36.3 69 23.7 37.4
 Middle 410 37.9 96 33.0 38.1
 High 279 25.8 126 43.3 24.5
Employment status (2) = 0.94, p = 0.62 (2) = 5.38, p = 0.07
 Full-time 383 35.4 96 32.9 34.7
 Part-time 212 19.6 86 29.5 21.3
 Unemployed 487 45.0 110 37.7 44.0

adata of two participants are missing, all analyses were performed using the Chi2-test