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. 2019 Mar 4;16(5):791. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16050791

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population (weighted values).

Variable Categories n %
Gender female 13,193 55.92
male 10,400 44.08
Age category 18–24 2864 12.14
25–34 3555 15.07
35–44 3547 15.03
45–54 4334 18.37
55–64 4759 20.17
>64 4534 19.22
Education level primary education 4359 18.48
lower secondary education 7470 31.66
upper secondary education 7245 30.71
post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher level 4519 19.15
Place of residence urban >500,000 1788 7.58
urban >200,000–500,000 2033 8.62
urban >100,000–200,000 1535 6.51
urban >20,000–100,000 4381 18.57
urban ≤20,000 3093 13.11
rural 10,763 45.62
Occupational status employee 8325 35.29
self-employment or entrepreneur 911 3.86
farmer 1515 6.42
retired or on disability pension 7853 33.29
university or school student 1537 6.51
unemployed 3332 14.12
not provided 120 0.51
Net income * ≤1000 PLN 5789 24.54
>1000 to 2000 PLN 8561 36.29
>2000 PLN 3799 16.10
not provided 5444 23.07
Marital status married 14,422 61.13
unmarried 5530 23.44
widower/widow 2544 10.78
divorced or separated 1097 4.65
The use of health care services in preceding 12 months no use 4297 18.21
at least one episode of use 19,296 81.79
Disability no 20,228 85.74
yes 3365 14.26
Physical activity no 15,525 65.80
yes 8068 34.20
Excessive use of alcohol no 22,144 93.86
yes 1449 6.14
BMI <18.50 559 2.37
18.50–24.99 10,080 42.72
25.00–29.99 8823 37.40
>29.99 4131 17.51
Smoking no 17,392 73.72
yes 6201 26.28
Number of friends not more than 2 persons 7660 32.47
3–4 persons 4205 17.82
5–9 persons 4874 20.66
from 10 persons 6293 26.67
Activities for local community no 19,839 84.09
yes 3754 15.91
Membership of social organizations no 20,850 88.37
yes 2743 11.63
Participation in religious meetings monthly 0 6939 29.41
1 2056 8.71
>1 14,598 61.87
Participation in the last election held before the survey no 6957 29.49
yes 16,027 67.93
not provided 609 2.58
Declared political option no political sympathy 9641 40.86
difficult to say 3296 13.97
clear political sympathy 10,656 45.17
Computer use no 11,005 46.65
yes 12,588 53.35
Mobile phone use no 4336 18.38
yes 19,257 81.62
Daily TV viewing not watching TV 604 2.56
<1 h daily 2297 9.74
1–2 h daily 6937 29.40
>2 h daily 13,755 58.30
Perception of effectiveness of social campaigns ineffective or undecided 11,005 46.65
effective 12,588 53.35

a education categories used in the survey were mapped by the levels distinguished by the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) classification from 2011 [25]. * In 2011, according to the Polish National Bank, the 1 USD to PLN exchange rate ranged between 2.9822 and 3.4174 and the mean gross salary in Poland was 3400 PLN.