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. 2012 Feb 1;17(3):321–331. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00755.x

Table 1.

Sample characteristics, weighted data (n = 19 738)

Characteristic n (%) of participants
Country
 Australia 3552 (18.0)
 Canada 3302 (16.7)
 France 1402 (7.1)
 Germany 1005 (5.1)
 Netherlands 1001 (5.1)
 Norway 1058 (5.4)
 New Zealand 1000 (5.1)
 Sweden 2100 (10.6)
 Switzerland 1306 (6.6)
 United Kingdom 1511 (7.7)
 United States 2501 (12.7)
Female gender 11 537 (51.5)
Age, mean 48.4 years
 18–29 years 2212 (17.6)
 30–49 years 6467 (36.9)
 50–64 years 5632 (24.6)
 65 years and above 5427 (20.9)
Education (recoded from nation‐specific response codes)
 High school or less 9984 (58.4)
 Some college 4266 (21.4)
 College graduate or higher 5150 (20.3)
Income (relative to national averages)
 Much below average 3275 (17.1)
 Somewhat below average 3412 (18.9)
 Average 4854 (26.9)
 Somewhat above average 4441 (24.6)
 Much above average 2365 (12.5)
Self‐rated health
 Excellent/very good 10 522 (53.9)
 Good 6262 (31.5)
 Fair/poor 2876 (14.6)
Chronic conditions
 None 7429 (42.0)
 1 condition 5137 (26.0)
 2 or more conditions 7119 (32.0)