Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics in eight study areas
| Study area sociodemographics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Industrieviertel (Austria) | Hampshire (England) | Helsinki Uusimaa (Finland) | Loiret (France) | Verona (Italy) | Sør-Trøndelag (Norway) | Suceava (Romania) | Girona (Spain) |
| Population (>18 years) | 445 748 (2011) | 1 364 799 (2010) | 1 206 446 (2010) | 422 853 (2008) | 393 402 (2010) | 225 081 (2010) | 484 212 (2002) | 599 473 (2010) |
| Land area (km2) | 3921 | 3769 | 8751 | 5626 | 1061 | 18 856 | 8553 | 5585 |
| Population density (inhb./km2) | 136.79 (2001) | 459.45 (2010) | 176.56 (2011–12) | 97.36 (2008) | 416.85 (2001) | 15.60 (2011) | 80.49 (2002) | 132.61 (2010) |
| Ageing index (>65/<15 × 100) | 95.39 (2001) | 100.66 (2011) | 82.17 (2010) | 87.92 (2008) | 144.10 (2010) | 81.42 (2012) | 65.06 (2002) | 98.29 (2010) |
| Dependency ratio (<15 and >65/15–4 × 100) | 47.28 (2001) | 52.43 (2011) | 44.82 (2010) | 55.56 (2008) | 53.51 (2010) | 49.55 (2012) | 55.60 (2002) | 46.20 (2010) |
| % of one person household | 32.66 (2001) | 27.73 (2001) | 41.37 (2011) | 32.03 (2008) | 29.16 (2001) | 40.78 (2011) | 17.30 (2002) | 17.94 (2007) |
| Average n/p household | 2.33 (2001) | 2.37 (2011) | 2.07 (2011) | 2.36 (2008) | 2.44 (2001) | 2.21 (2011) | 3.10 (2002) | 2.62 (2007) |
| % of immigrants | 9.39 (2011) | 20.95 (2011) | 6.14 (2011) | 5.91 (2008) | 12.24 (2010) | 6.64 (2012) | 0.016 (2006) | 21.60 (2010) |
| % of unemployment | 4.60 (2008) | 5.8 (2011) | 7.35 (2010) | 8.5 (2012) | 4.21 (2001) | 2.79 (2010) | 12.70 (2002) | 18.28 (2010) |
| % of divorced/widowed | 14.86 (2001) | 13.21 (2001) | 14.39 (2009) | 11.37 (2008) | 9.79 (2010) | 11.73 (2011) | 11.01 (2002) | 7.45 (2007) |
Source: REFINEMENT countries.