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. 2017 Aug 16;16:147. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0644-5

Table 1.

Descriptives of the insured individuals and psychotherapy patients, with employment status, aged 22–59, in the AOK-Niedersachsen 2013

Insured Psychotherapy patients
male female total male female total
N 426,069 320,894 746,963 3066 7645 10,711
 Age
  Chi2(df = 1) = 5.06, p = 0.02
22-40 47% 45% 46% 43% 46% 45%
41-59 53% 55% 54% 57% 54% 55%
 Qualification
  Chi2(df = 3) = 984.48, p < 0.001
no voc.training 15% 16% 15% 10% 11% 11%
with voc.training 71% 66% 68% 74% 72% 73%
university degree 3% 5% 4% 9% 9% 9%
missing 11% 13% 12% 7% 8% 8%
 Occupational group
  Chi2 (df = 3) = 1422.00, p < 0.001
unskilled 22% 28% 25% 15% 18% 17%
skilled 58% 31% 46% 50% 33% 38%
specialist 15% 35% 23% 23% 40% 35%
highly qualified 5% 6% 6% 11% 10% 10%
missing 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
 Individual income
  Chi2 (df = 3) = 304.65, p < 0.001
low 6% 22% 13% 6% 17% 14%
middle 25% 39% 31% 19% 32% 28%
high 53% 21% 39% 51% 28% 35%
missing 16% 19% 17% 24% 23% 23%
persons with at least one psychotherapeutic treatment n 3066 7645 10,711
% on all insured 0.7% 2.4% 1.4%