Table 1.

Demographic variables, BRFs, SES determinants and number of NCDs: descriptive statistics by year

Variables	2004 N = 25 016	2015 N = 43 916	P*
	%	%
Gender
Male	44.31	44.53	0.581
Female	55.69	55.47
Marital statusa
Couple	72.58	71.71	0.020
Not in couple	27.42	28.29
Working status
Retired	49.95	55.5	<0.001
Employed	28.89	26.14
Unemployed	3.28	2.71
Permanently sick	2.73	2.9
Homemaker	14.73	10.95
Other	0.42	1.79
Educationb
Primary	35.62	26.76	<0.001
Lower secondary	15.81	15.31
Upper secondary	30.3	34.02
Tertiary	18.26	23.91
Obesity
No	82.71	80.58	<0.001
Yes	17.29	19.42
Currently smoking
No	54.1	53.93	0.682
Yes	45.9	46.07
Physical inactivity
No	89.63	87.84	<0.001
Yes	10.4	12.2
Number of non-communicable diseases
0	26.22	24.66	<0.001
1	32.25	28.84
>1	41.53	46.51

^aNot in couple include: single, widowed, divorced, legally separated.

^bAccording to the international standard classification we consider: ISCED 0–1, primary; ISCED 2, lower secondary; ISCED 3–4, upper secondary; ISCED 5–6, tertiary.

^*P-values are of Chi-square test.

Source: Share survey release 6.0.0, 2004 and 2015.