Table 1.

Characteristics of the respondents according to weighting scheme, and the entire sample, respectively, in the Danish National Health Survey 2017 (number of individuals and percentage)

	Respondents (n = 183 372)				Entire sample (n = 312 349)
	n	%a	%b	%c	N	%a	%b
Sex
Men	84 607	46.1	46.1	49.4	154 468	49.5	49.4
Women	98 765	53.9	53.9	50.6	157 881	50.6	50.6
Age
16–24 years	18 913	10.3	11.1	14.3	41 804	13.4	14.1
25–44 years	44 121	24.1	25.4	30.4	89 641	28.7	29.9
45–64 years	67 221	36.7	35.9	32.1	103 357	33.1	32.3
≥65 years	53 117	29.0	27.6	23.3	77 547	24.8	23.7
Educational leveld
Basic school	34 311	20.9	20.2	23.0	63 789	23.6	22.9
Primary/vocational education	69 098	42.0	41.2	39.2	109 769	40.6	39.9
Higher education	56 561	34.4	35.9	32.2	82 342	30.4	31.8
No information	4489	2.7	2.7	5.6	14 645	5.4	5.4
Marital scheme
Married	100 168	54.6	53.1	46.0	148 087	47.4	45.9
Divorced	20 655	11.3	11.1	11.4	35 012	11.2	11.1
Widowed	12 067	6.6	6.2	6.5	20 553	6.6	6.3
Unmarried	50 482	27.5	29.5	36.0	108 697	34.8	36.7
Ethnic background
Danish	168 932	92.1	91.9	86.7	272 290	87.2	86.9
Western	6125	3.3	3.4	5.5	15 072	4.8	5.0
Non-Western	8315	4.5	4.7	7.8	24 987	8.0	8.1

^aUnweighted data.

^bData weighted for design.

^cData weighted for design and non-response.

^dAnalyses restricted to individuals aged ≥25 years.