Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of intervention and comparison neighbourhoods
| Number of Inhabitants (CBS,2016) | Age distribution (CBS, 2016) | Nonwestern immigrants (CBS, 2016) | Inhabitants with a low incomea (Municipality Monitor, 2016) | Inhabitants with an academic degree (university /university of applied sciences) (PHS Monitor, 2017) | Does not feel in control over own life (PHS, 2017) | Perceives own health as poor (PHS, 2017) | Increased risk of anxiety/Depression (PHS,2017) | Experiences severe loneliness (PHS,2017) | Is overweight (BMI between 25 and 30)b (PHS,2017) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | ||||||||||
| Nazareth | 3.280 | 0–24 yrs.: 29% | 14% | 54% | 20% | 24% | 28% | 69% | 19% | 48% |
| 25–64 yrs.: 55% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. 16% | ||||||||||
| Limmel | 2.370 | 0–24 yrs. = 44% | 21% | 52% | 17% | 13% | 28% | 54% | 22% | 47% |
| 25–64 yrs. = 44% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 12% | ||||||||||
| Wyckerpoort | 4.015 | 0–24 yrs. = 31% | 14% | 51% | 49% | 9% | 24% | 36% | 12% | 43% |
| 25–64 yrs. = 49% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 20% | ||||||||||
| Wittevrouwenveld | 5.706 | 0–24 yrs. = 36% | 19% | 56% | 29% | 15% | 24% | 53% | 18% | 57% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 53% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 11% | ||||||||||
| Comparison group | ||||||||||
| Mariaberg | 4.965 | 0-24 yrs. = 33% | 14% | 58% | 28% | 17% | 37% | 57% | 17% | 51% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 49% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 17% | ||||||||||
| Pottenberg | 2.415 | 0-24 yrs. = 24% | 18% | 58% | 21% | 18% | 37% | 53% | 28% | 56% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 53% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 22% | ||||||||||
| Caberg | 3.410 | 0-24 yrs. = 33% | 20% | 60% | 23% | 22% | 40% | 58% | 16% | 58% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 51% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 17% | ||||||||||
| Malberg | 5.345 | 0-24 yrs. = 23% | 13% | 55% | 16% | 19% | 40% | 51% | 21% | 58% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 50% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 28% | ||||||||||
| Maastricht and the Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Maastricht | 122.533 | 0-24 yrs. = 30% | 10% | 14.3% | 40% | 12% | 21% | 45% | 14% | 46% |
| 25-64 yrs. = 49% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 20% | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 17.205.411 | 0-20 yrs. = 23.5% | 12% | 9% | 34% | 10% | 21% | 44% | 10% | 49% |
| 21-64 yrs. = 59% | ||||||||||
| ≥65 yrs. = 17.6% | ||||||||||
(Source: CBS – Statistics Netherlands, 2016; National Monitor Public Health Services South Limburg, 2017; Municipality Monitor Social Domain Maastricht, 2018)
aThreshold low income = 1030 euro’s for a one person household and 1930 for a couple with two children [31]
bBeing overweight: a Body Mass Index between 25 and 30 [41]