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. 2016 Apr 30;4:33–43. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.009

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of all questionnaire participants, and stratified by those reached by postal and telephone invitation.

Total (n = 892)
Postal (n = 624)
Telephone (n = 268)
p value
n (%) Mean (SD) n (%) Mean (SD) n (%) Mean (SD)
Gender
 Male 441 (49) 314 (50) 127 (47) .207
 Female 451 (51) 310 (50) 141 (53)
Ethnicity
 Dutch 264 (30) 193 (31) 71 (27) .179
 Turkish 207 (23) 148 (24) 59 (22)
 Moroccan 169 (19) 120 (19) 49 (18)
 Surinamese 252 (28) 163 (26) 89 (33)
Age (years) 50 (6.7) 51 (6.6) 49 (6.5) .247
 30–44 111 (12) 60 (10) 51 (19)
 45–49 344 (39) 235 (38) 109 (41)
 50–54 226 (25) 162 (26) 64 (24)
 55–59 115 (13) 90 (14) 25 (9)
 60–64 63 (7) 51 (8) 12 (5)
 65 + 33 (4) 26 (4) 7 (3)
Predominant GP practice population
 Dutch 226 (25) 165 (26) 61 (23) .024
 Mix 127 (14) 99 (16) 28 (10)
 Non-Western 539 (60) 360 (58) 179 (67)
SES score − 2.0 (2.5) − 1.9 (2.4) − 2.2 (2.6) .043
 Average to higher (> 0) 283 (32) 204 (33) 79 (29)
Lower to average (0 till − 1.9) 202 (23) 144 (23) 58 (22)
Lower (− 2 till − 3.9) 130 (15) 94 (15) 36 (13)
Lowest (≤− 4) 277 (31) 182 (29) 95 (35)