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. 2020 Aug 11;22(8):e19013. doi: 10.2196/19013

Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Characteristics Sample (N=666), n (%) Survey (N=1000), n (%) General adult population [42], %
Sociodemographic



Age group




18-24 62 (9.3) 118 (11.8) 10.6


25-44 234 (35.1) 389 (38.9) 35.7


45-64 191 (28.7) 272 (27.2) 33.1


65+ 179 (26.9) 221 (22.1) 20.6

Gender




Female 364 (54.7) 550 (55.0) 53.4


Male 302 (45.4) 450 (45.0) 46.6

Education




No primary school a 0.6


Primary 213 (31.9) 341 (34.1) 48.1


Secondary 244 (36.6) 363 (36.3) 33.5


Tertiary 209 (31.4) 296 (29.6) 17.8

Household income per capita




First quintile 142 (21.3) 228 (22.8) 20.0


Second quintile 105 (15.8) 167 (16.7) 20.0


Third quintile 57 (8.6) 81 (8.1) 20.0


Fourth quintile 86 (12.9) 118 (11.8) 20.0


Fifth quintile 186 (27.9) 254 (25.4) 20.0


Missingb 90 (13.5) 152 (15.2)

Family status




Married/domestic partnership 432 (64.9) 618 (61.8)


Single/divorced/widow 234 (35.1) 382 (38.2)

Employment status




Paid job 319 (47.9) 500 (50.0) 48.3


Without paid job 347 (52.1) 500 (50.0) 51.7

Residence




Budapest 146 (21.9) 213 (21.3) 17.4


City 371 (55.7) 557 (55.7) 52.1


Village 149 (22.4) 230 (23.0) 30.5

NUTSc 1 region




Central Hungary 236 (35.4) 348 (34.8) 30.0


Transdanubia 237 (35.6) 299 (29.9) 30.4


Great Plain and North 193 (28.9) 353 (35.3) 39.6
MEHMd



Self-perceived health




Very bad 3 (0.5) 5 (0.5)


Bad 62 (9.3) 77 (7.7)


Fair 252 (37.8) 323 (32.3)


Good 293 (43.9) 471 (47.1)


Very good 56 (8.4) 124 (12.4)

Chronic morbidity




No 200 (30.0) 390 (39.0)


Yes 393 (59.0) 489 (48.9)


Missing 73 (10.9) 121 (12.1)

Activity limitations




Not limited at all 342 (51.4) 579 (57.9)


Limited but not severely 254 (38.1) 313 (31.3)


Severely limited 46 (6.9) 56 (5.6)


Missing 24 (3.6) 52 (5.2)
Inclusion criteria



Ambulatory HCPe visit in past 12 months




No/not face-to-face/missing 0 (0.0) 269 (26.9)


Yes, but not for own health problem 0 (0.0) 52 (5.2)


Yes, at regular HCP 546 (81.9) 546 (54.6)


Yes, but not at regular HCP 120 (18.0) 120 (12.0)


Yes, missing if regular HCP 0 (0.0) 13 (1.3)

aNot available.

bMissing: missing responses/do not know/do not want to answer.

cNUTS: Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.

dMEHM: Minimal European Health Module.

eHCP: health care professional.