Table 3.
Overview of socio-demographic characteristics for participants with both a blood sample and questionnaire, by sample (n (%))
| NS & oversampling of migrants | LVC sample | CN sample | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5745 (14.4%) | 1354 (19.8%) | 1815 (23.4%) | |
| Sex | 5745 (100.0%) | 1354 (100.0%) | 1815 (100.0%) |
| Male | 2629 (45.8%) | 594 (43.9%) | 814 (44.8%) |
| Female | 3116 (54.2%) | 760 (56.1%) | 1001 (55.2%) |
| Ethnicity | 5744 (99.9%) | 1354(100.0%) | 1804 (99.4%) |
| Indigenous Dutch | 4490 (78.1%) | 1299 (96.0%) | 146 (8.1%) |
| Morocco and Turkey | 142 (2.5%) | 3 (0.2%) | 1 (0.1%) |
| Suriname, Aruba and former Dutch Antilles | 285 (5.0%) | 4 (0.3%) | 1301 (72.1%) |
| Other non-Western countries | 445 (7.7%) | 15 (1.1%) | 280 (15.5%)a |
| Other Western countries | 382 (6.7%) | 33 (2.4%) | 76 (4.2%) |
| Religion | 5330 (92.8%) | 1200 (88.6%) | 1784 (98.3%) |
| Protestant | 841 (15.8%) | 843 (70.3%) | 44 (2.5%) |
| - Orthodox Reformed | 79 (9.4%) | 299 (35.5%) | NA |
| Roman Catholic | 1279 (24.0%) | 29 (2.4%) | 892 (50.0%) |
| Other religion | 598 (11.2%) | 44 (3.7%) | 625 (35.0%) |
| No religion | 2612 (49.0%) | 284 (23.7%) | 223 (12.5%) |
| Educational levelb | 5407 (94.1%) | 1280 (94.5%) | 1574 (86.7%) |
| High educational level | 1465 (27.1%) | 443 (34.6%) | 319 (20.3%) |
| Middle educational level | 1855 (34.3%) | 540 (42.2%) | 401 (25.5%) |
| Low educational level | 2087 (38.6%) | 297 (23.2%) | 854 (54.2%) |
| Urbanisation degreeb | 5745 (100.0%) | 1354 (100.0%) | NA |
| 1 (Highly urbanised) | 1246 (21.7%) | – | NA |
| 2 (Urbanised) | 1873 (32.6%) | – | NA |
| 3 (Moderate urbanised) | 1090 (19.0%) | 159 (11.7%) | NA |
| 4 (Little urbanised) | 1041 (18.1%) | 753 (55.6%) | NA |
| 5 (Countryside) | 495 (8.6%) | 442 (32.6%) | NA |
aIn the CN sample n = 260 of 280 (93%) participants from ethnic group ‘other non-Western countries’ had a Latin American background. Total proportion of Latin Americans in the CN sample is 14.4%
bDefinitions according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Urbanisation degree is based on the environmental address density municipalities are divided into five classes of urbanity. The environmental address density is the average value of the address density of a municipality. The address density is based on an area with a radius of 1 km around an address
Abbreviations: CN sample, Caribbean Netherlands: sample from the Dutch Caribbean islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba; LVC sample, Low vaccination coverage sample; NA, Not applicable; NS sample, National sample