Table 7.
Summary statistics, individual characteristics (N = 505)
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| N | % | |
| Gender | ||
| - men | 244 | 48.3 |
| - women | 261 | 51.7 |
| Age | ||
| mean (standard deviation) | 40.00 (6.26) | |
| Married or living as a couple | ||
| - yes | 352 | 69.7 |
| - no | 153 | 30.3 |
| Children | ||
| - yes | 358 | 70.9 |
| - no | 147 | 29.1 |
| Educational level | ||
| - No educational qualifications | 41 | 8.1 |
| - Less than secondary school | 153 | 30.3 |
| - Secondary school graduation | 76 | 15.0 |
| - Above secondary school graduation | 235 | 46.5 |
| Relative educational position | ||
| mean (standard deviation) | 0.50 (0.27) | |
| Occupational status | ||
| - Working | 401 | 79.4 |
| - Unemployed | 32 | 6.3 |
| - Other (housewife, parental or other long time leave, retired) | 72 | 14.3 |
| Private/public sector | ||
| - public sector | 113 | 22.4 |
| - private sector | 337 | 66.7 |
| - Not applicable (housewives, students, ...) | 55 | 10.9 |
| Occupational type | ||
| - Manual and service employees | 107 | 21.2 |
| - Office employees | 85 | 16.8 |
| - Craftsmen, salesmen | 20 | 4.0 |
| - Intermediate occupationsa | 101 | 20.0 |
| - Management and related b | 137 | 27.1 |
| - Not applicable | 55 | 10.9 |
| Household low occupational type (surveyed individuals and/or partners)c | ||
| - yes | 149 | 29.5 |
| - no | 356 | 70.5 |
| Household’s monthly income below 1500€ | ||
| - yes | 86 | 17.0 |
| - no | 419 | 83.0 |
| Currently suffering from back pain | ||
| - yes | 185 | 36.6 |
| - no | 320 | 63.4 |
| Extreme discounting | ||
| - Health | 201 | 39.8 |
| - Money | 156 | 30.9 |
| Back pain related scenario first presented to subjects | 279 | 55.2 |
aIntermediate occupations were foremen, first-line supervisors, paramedics, and primary school teachers
bManagement and related occupations were liberal professions (except paramedical), professors/ scientific professions, managers and other intellectual professions
cLow occupational type related to manual and service employees. For housewives, occupational type was defined on the basis of their partner’s occupation