Table 1.
Description of the survey data
| Country | Survey name | Survey years | Sample size | Low educated (ISCED 0–2, %) | Middle educated (ISCED 3–4, %) | High educated (ISCED 5–6, %) | Income measure | Income item non-response (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Health Interview Survey | 1997 | 6288 | 40.5 | 30.3 | 29.3 | net | 4.9 |
| 2001 | 7640 | 40.0 | 29.4 | 30.6 | 13.1 | |||
| 2004 | 7811 | 40.0 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 14.5 | |||
| Denmark | Danish Health and Morbidity Survey | 1994 | 3322 | 30.8 | 54.2 | 14.9 | gross | 9.8 |
| 2000 | 12373 | 26.3 | 54.8 | 18.8 | 9.3 | |||
| 2005 | 11469 | 21.9 | 55.5 | 22.6 | 7.9 | |||
| England&Wales | General Household Survey | 1990 | 10369 | 58.0 | 25.4 | 16.5 | gross | 16.2 |
| 1996 | 9961 | 49.5 | 29.1 | 21.4 | 17.3 | |||
| 2000 | 9121 | 33.2 | 39.2 | 27.6 | 16.4 | |||
| 2005 | 14323 | 34.0 | 37.5 | 28.6 | 15.5 | |||
| France | Health Barometer | 2000 | 9641 | 33.3 | 41.1 | 25.7 | net | 5.4 |
| 2005 | 20105 | 27.6 | 41.6 | 30.7 | 12.5 | |||
| Slovenia | Slovenian Public Opinion Survey | 1994 + 1996 | 1012 | 37.4 | 52.3 | 10.3 | net | 28.4 |
| 1999 + 2001 | 1035 | 28.9 | 57.0 | 14.1 | 33.0 | |||
| Switzerland | Swiss Health survey | 1997 | 8267 | 19.8 | 63.1 | 17.0 | net | 5.8 |
| 2002 | 14075 | 16.8 | 66.2 | 16.9 | 3.9 | |||
| 2007 | 12878 | 13.2 | 61.6 | 25.2 | 4.8 |