Table 1.
Participant characteristics of the INSPIRE Population Survey (total sample of Canton BL with comparisons across the care regions)
| Variable | Canton BL | Care region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABS | Liestal | Leimental | Laufental | Birseck | Rheintal | Waldenburgertal | Oberbaselbiet | ||
| Bordering Canton Basel-Stadt | n/a | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Response rate, n (%) | 8786 (30.7) | 1503 (34.5) | 1031 (27.5) | 1336 (33.4) | 280 (20.6) | 2038 (32.7) | 1368 (28.0) | 269 (22.1) | 752 (26.5) |
| Nr. of inhabitants 75 + | 28,622 | 4371 | 3770 | 3995 | 1361 | 6216 | 4884 | 1180 | 2845 |
| Density (sq km) | 560 | 6900 | 6080 | 6283 | 2399 | 6340 | 8220 | 2587 | 7631 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 81.8 (4.8) | 82.0 (4.8) | 81.8 (4.8) | 81.6 (4.6) | 81.7 (4.6) | 81.8 (4.7) | 81.8 (4.9) | 81.4 (4.9) | 81.5 (4.8) |
| Female gender (%) | 51.8 | 52.3 | 49.5 | 51.1 | 49.8 | 53.1 | 53.4 | 52.4 | 49.8 |
| Education (%) | |||||||||
| No degree | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
| Elementary school | 14.8 | 12.1 | 14.2 | 9.1 | 24.9 | 13.1 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 19.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 50.7 | 49.6 | 51.3 | 48.8 | 53.1 | 51.3 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 51.7 |
| Gymnasium | 4.4 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 |
| University of Applied Sciences | 14.4 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 9.5 | 14.6 |
| University | 10.3 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 15.3 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Other | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| Income (%) | |||||||||
| < 3000 | 9.3 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 4.6 | 17.4 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 18.4 | 12.8 |
| 3001–6000 | 36.6 | 34.4 | 35.5 | 29.8 | 46.4 | 35.5 | 42.4 | 39.6 | 42.5 |
| 6001–9000 | 26.5 | 27.2 | 29.9 | 27.9 | 12.1 | 26.1 | 28.2 | 21.6 | 24.3 |
| > 9000 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 18.3 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Do not know | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| Do not wish to answer | 15.4 | 17.7 | 13.4 | 18.2 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 11.9 |