Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of survey respondents and non-respondents.
| Respondents (n = 7142 71%) |
Non-respondents (n = 2888 29%) |
Total population (n = 10,030) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%)a | N (%)a | N (%)a | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 3316 (46) | 1426 (49) | 4742 (47) |
| Female | 3826 (54) | 1462 (51) | 5288 (53) |
| Age | |||
| Mean (CI) | 63.5 (63.3;63.7) | 63.9 (63.7;64.2) | 63,6 (63.5;63.8) |
| 53–59 | 2474 (35) | 997 (35) | 3471 (35) |
| 60–64 | 1742 (24) | 614 (21) | 2356 (23) |
| 65–69 | 1568 (22) | 623 (22) | 2191 (22) |
| 70–74 | 1358 (19) | 654 (23) | 2012 (20) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Danish | 6854 (96) | 2611 (91) | 9465 (95) |
| Western immigrant | 159 (2) | 87 (3) | 246 (3) |
| Non-Western immigrant | 122 (2) | 183 (6) | 305 (3) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/cohabitant | 5484 (77) | 1689 (59) | 7173 (72) |
| Single | 1651 (23) | 1192 (41) | 2843 (28) |
| Income | |||
| < €30,000 | 1955 (27) | 1401 (49) | 3356 (33) |
| €30,000–€43,000 | 2406 (34) | 779 (27) | 3185 (32) |
| ≥ €43,000 | 2781 (39) | 708 (25) | 3489 (35) |
| Education | |||
| ≤ 10 years | 1679 (24) | 1023 (37) | 2702 (27) |
| 10–15 years | 4849 (69) | 1597 (57) | 6446 (65) |
| > 15 years | 530 (6) | 181 (6) | 711 (7) |
| Occupation | |||
| Self-employed/Chief executive | 498 (7) | 182 (6) | 680 (7) |
| Employed | 3135 (44) | 903 (31) | 4038 (40) |
| Not employed/welfare benefits | 230 (3) | 155 (5) | 385 (4) |
| Retired | 3194 (45) | 1579 (55) | 4773 (48) |
| Other | 82 (1) | 66 (2) | 148 (1) |
A statistically significant difference (p < 0.01) within all groups was observed using chi2 (categorical) or student's T-test (continuous).
a
Some column sums do not add up due to missing values, and some percentages do not add up to 100 because of roundings.