Skip to main content
. 2021 Sep 27;19:226. doi: 10.1186/s12955-021-01855-0

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of the participantsof the total and sub samples of the Dutch general population, and the Dutch general population

Variable Dutch generalpopulation studytotal sample (N = 4370) Dutch general population study sample 1 (N = 1052) Dutch general population study sample 2 (N = 1006) Dutch general population study sample 3 (N = 1002) Dutch general population study sample 4 (N = 1310) Dutch general population 2016a (N = 13,562,539)
Mean ± SD Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage
Age (years): 51.2 ± 16.6
18–39 32.9 31.7 31.3 31.5 35.1 33.7
40–65 44.1 45.0 45.1 45.6 42.4 43.6
 > 65 23.1 23.3 23.6 22.9 22.5 22.7
Gender:
Male 47.3 47.4 47.5 47.6 47.4 49.2
Female 52.7 52.6 52.5 52.4 52.6 50.8
Educational level:
Low 29.1 27.8 27.9 29.3 31.0 30.2
Middle 40.9 40.2 42.3 42.6 39.8 40.2
High 30.0 32.0 29.8 28.0 29.2 29.6
Region:
North 10.2 9.9 10.9 10.2 9.4 10.2
East 20.5 21.4 19.8 19.9 20.8 20.8
South 21.2 21.1 21.9 20.1 20.5 21.6
West 47.9 47.1 47.1 49.6 49.2 47.4
Missing 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 -
Ethnicity:
Native 78.2 76.7 79.1 77.2 79.5 78.6
First and second generation western immigrant 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.7 11.8 10.3
First and second generation non-western immigrant 10.0 11.6 9.0 10.1 8.7 11.2
Global Mental Health (GMH) T-scoreb 44.7 ± 8.0
Global Physical Health (GPH) T-Scoreb 45.2 ± 9.2

N, number; SD, standard deviation

aBased on data from statistics Netherlands (http://www.cbs.nl)

bT-scores were calculated using Scoring Service from Assessment Center

HHS Vulnerability Disclosure