Table 1. Sociodemographic data.

	Total	High subjectively perceived treatment urgency	Low subjectively perceived treatment urgency	p
Age Range	41.8 ± 19.3 years 2 –93 years (n = 1175)	45.8 ± 18.9 years 2–93 years (n = 532)	38.5 ± 19.1 years 2 –93 years (n = 643)	<0.001
Sex – Female – Male	47.1 % 52.9 % (n = 1174)	48.7 % 51.3 % (n = 532)	45.8 % 54.2 % (n = 642)	0.096
Civil status – Single – Married, cohabiting – Married, separated – Widowed – Divorced	46.2 % 38.9 % 2.1 % 3.9 % 8.8 % (n = 1099)	39.5 % 44.0 % 2.7 % 4.5 % 9.3 % (n = 514)	52.1 % 34.5 % 1.5 % 3.4 % 8.4 % (n = 585)	0.001
Migration status – Patient and at least one parent born in Germany – Patient born in Germany, both parents born abroad – Patient born abroad	84.3 % 4.6 % 11.1 % (n = 1091)	82.6 % 3.9 % 13.5 % (n = 512)	85.8 % 5.2 % 9.0 % (n = 579)	0.044
Educational level according to CASMIN – High – Intermediate – Low	21.2 % 55.2 % 23.7 % (n =1095)	19.7 % 53.9 % 26.5 % (n = 514)	22.6 % 56.3 % 21.2 % (n = 581)	0.101
Employment status – Employed – Retiree/pensioner – Pupil/student/trainee – Self employed – Looking for work/unemployed – Homemaker	52.3 % 18.2 % 14.4 % 6.2 % 4.2 % 3.7 % (n = 1098)	50.1 % 23.2 % 11.3 % 5.9 % 3.5 % 4.7 % (n = 513)	54.2 % 13.9 % 17.1 % 6.5 % 4.8 % 2.9 % (n = 585)	0.176 <0.001 0.006 0.657 0.292 0.122

CASMIN, Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations