Table 5.

Drop-out analysis. Socio-demographic characteristics and trends in financial difficulties of the study sample included in this analysis (SA, N = 363) and the population originally recruited for the BRENDA II study (PS, N = 759), by migration background (values with missing migration background were not reported, PS = 6, SA = 1)

Covariates	Migration background
	No				Yes
	PS		SA		PS		SA
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age class (t1)
Under 45 years	48	7.6	22	7.0	14	11.3	5	10.4
Between 45 and 65 years	351	55.8	192	61.2	63	50.8	24	50.0
Over 65 years	230	36.6	100	31.9	47	37.9	19	39.6
Educational level (t1)
≤ 10 years	512	81.4	253	80.6	88	71.0	35	72.9
> 10 years	115	18.3	60	19.1	35	28.2	13	27.1
Missing	2	0.3	1	0.3	1	0.8	0	0
Employment status (t1)
Non-employed*	98	15.6	35	11.1	35	28.2	8	16.7
Employed	531	84.2	279	88.9	89	71.8	40	83.3
Monthly equivalent household income (t1)
< 1,000 euros	188	29.9	95	30.2	51	41.1	24	50.0
Between 1,000 and 2,000 euros	264	42.0	148	47.1	37	29.8	13	27.1
> 2,000 euros	4	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Missing	173	27.5	71	22.6	36	29.0	11	22.9
Severity of the disease (t1)
Low-to-intermediate risk of death	529	84.1	265	84.4	95	76.6	35	72.9
High risk of death	95	15.1	48	15.3	27	21.8	12	25.0
Missing	5	0.8	1	0.3	2	1.6	1	2.1
Partnership status (t1)
Non-co-inhabiting	174	27.7	74	23.6	23	18.5	6	12.5
Co-inhabiting	451	71.7	237	75.5	99	79.8	40	83.3
Missing	4	0.6	3	1.0	2	1.6	2	4.2

^*Non-employed includes retired, unemployed, homemaker, in training