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. 2020 Sep 29;70(700):e817–e824. doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X713021

Table 1.

Demographics of participantsa

Responder (N = 583) Non-responder (N = 163) P-value
Age, years, mean (SD) 70.9 (6.1) 70.8 (6.8) 0.913

Sex, n (%) 0.020b
  Male 160 (27.4) 60 (36.8)
  Female 423 (72.6) 103 (63.2)

Education, n (%) 0.221
  >6 years 276 (47.3) 86 (52.8)
  ≤6 years 307 (52.7) 77 (47.2)

Marital status, n (%) 0.567
  Married 386 (66.3)c 112 (68.7)
  Single/divorced/separated/widowed 196 (33.7)c 51 (31.3)

Living alone, n (%) 0.590
  No 499 (85.7)c 137 (84.0)
  Yes 83 (14.3)c 26 (16.0)

Working status, n (%) 0.493
  Employed 44 (7.6)c 15 (9.2)
  Retired/housewife 538 (92.4)c 148 (90.8)

CSSA, n (%) 0.543
  No 515 (88.5)c 147 (90.2)
  Yes 67 (11.5)c 16 (9.8)

Number of chronic conditions, n (%) 0.926
  2–4 384 (65.9) 108 (66.3)
  >4 199 (34.1) 55 (33.7)
a

Independent-samples t-test and χ2test were used to determine the demographics differences between responders and non-responders of the telephone survey during the COVID-19 outbreak.

b

P-value <0.05.

c

582 responders answered for this item. CSSA = Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.