Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of survivors and siblings.
| Survivors | Siblings | Siblings weighteda | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1’506 | N = 598 | N = 598 | ||||||||
| n | (%b) | n | (%b) | pc | (%b) | pd | ||||
| Baseline socio-demographic characteristics | ||||||||||
| Female gender | 719 | (48) | 359 | (60) | <0.001 | (49) | 0.693 | |||
| Age at survey (years) | <0.001 | |||||||||
| 18-<25 | 490 | (33) | 116 | (19) | (30) | 0.727 | ||||
| 25-<30 | 394 | (26) | 146 | (24) | (28) | |||||
| 30-<35 | 275 | (18) | 108 | (18) | (18) | |||||
| 35-<40 | 181 | (12) | 74 | (12) | (12) | |||||
| ≥40 | 166 | (11) | 154 | (26) | (13) | |||||
| Migration background | <0.001 | 0.313 | ||||||||
| No | 1117 | (74) | 506 | (85) | (77) | |||||
| Yes | 389 | (26) | 92 | (15) | (23) | |||||
| Language region | <0.001 | 0.516 | ||||||||
| German | 1054 | (70) | 483 | (81) | (73) | |||||
| French | 403 | (27) | 104 | (17) | (25) | |||||
| Italian | 49 | (3) | 11 | (2) | (2) | |||||
| Highest parental education | 0.541 | 0.882 | ||||||||
| Compulsory schooling | 153 | (11) | 61 | (11) | (10) | |||||
| Secondary education | 1028 | (73) | 421 | (75) | (74) | |||||
| Tertiary education | 234 | (17) | 82 | (15) | (16) | |||||
| Secondary socio-demographic factors | ||||||||||
| Do you have children? | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| No | 1’271 | (84) | 413 | (69) | (77) | |||||
| Yes, 1–2 children | 202 | (13) | 134 | (22) | (18) | |||||
| Yes, 3 or more children | 33 | (2) | 51 | (9) | (5) | |||||
| Personal education | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Compulsory schooling | 127 | (9) | 0 | (0) | (0) | |||||
| Secondary education | 1150 | (78) | 460 | (81) | (79) | |||||
| Tertiary education | 194 | (13) | 107 | (19) | (21) | |||||
| Employment situation | <0.001e | 0.016 | ||||||||
| Employed for | 1’174 | (78) | 516 | (86) | (84) | |||||
| ≥40 hours per week (full time) | 834 | (57) | 314 | (53) | (56) | |||||
| 30–39 hours per week | 113 | (8) | 65 | (11) | (8) | |||||
| 20–29 hours per week | 87 | (6) | 46 | (8) | (7) | |||||
| 10–19 hours per week | 52 | (4) | 48 | (8) | (8) | |||||
| 0–9 hours per week | 53 | (4) | 39 | (7) | (6) | |||||
| Not employed | 332 | (22) | 82 | (14) | (16) | |||||
| Educational training | 187 | (13) | 46 | (8) | (10) | |||||
| Looking for a jobf | 52 | (4) | 20 | (3) | (4) | |||||
| Not looking for a jobf | 35 | (2) | 12 | (2) | (1) | |||||
| Disability insuranceg | 37 | (2) | 2 | (<1) | (<1) | |||||
| Monthly income | ||||||||||
| Income in CHF | <0.001 | 0.002 | ||||||||
| ≤ 3'000 | 580 | (41) | 205 | (35) | (36) | |||||
| 3'001–4’500 | 396 | (28) | 128 | (22) | (24) | |||||
| 4'501–6’000 | 271 | (19) | 149 | (26) | (25) | |||||
| 6'001–9’000 | 131 | (9) | 87 | (15) | (13) | |||||
| >9’000 | 41 | (3) | 12 | (2) | (2) | |||||
NOTE: Percentages are based upon available data for each variable. Abbreviations: n, number; n.a., not applicable; CHF, Swiss Francs.
aSibling population is standardized on age, gender, migration background, language region, parental education according to the survivor population. All numbers in siblings are based upon weighted percentages, therefore p-values do not apply to variables for which siblings were weighted
bColumn percentages are given
cp-value calculated from Chi2 statistics that compare survivors and siblings
dp-value calculated from Chi2 statistics that compare survivors and weighted siblings
ep-value refers to comparison of survivors and siblings working vs. not working
fdoes not include those currently on educational training
gdoes not include those on educational training or working