Table 1 Number of subjects, mean age and other characteristics of the study population (crude data)
Women | Men | Total | p-value for difference between women and men | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 19 330 | 15 688 | 35 018 | |
Age, mean (SD) | 49.1 (16.4) | 52.0 (16.1) | 50.5 (16.3) | <.001 |
High educational level (%) | 27.3 | 20.2 | 24.2 | <.001 |
Longstanding illness (%) | 30.9 | 28.6 | 29.9 | <.001 |
Financial insecurity (%) | 24.8 | 15.8 | 20.8 | <.001 |
Treated in a condescending manner during the last 3 months | <.001 | |||
· once or twice (%) | 23.3 | 13.5 | 18.9 | |
· several times (%) | 4.0 | 1.9 | 3.1 | |
Self-rated health | <.001 | |||
· neither good nor poor (%) | 19.8 | 20.5 | 20.1 | |
· poor (%) | 7.4 | 6.0 | 6.8 |