NETH (n = 304) | TURK (n = 307) | MOROC (n = 284) | SURI (n = 308) | ANTIL (n = 300) | *p-value | |
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Socio-demographics | ||||||
Age: 55-64 y (%) | 0.904 | |||||
Men | 47.1 | 51.3 | 43.8 | 45.0 | 48.6 | |
Women | 47.3 | 49.3 | 51.8 | 50.5 | 51.9 | |
Socio-economic status | ||||||
No education (%) | 17.3 | 70.5 | 94.0 | 37.2 | 39.0 | <0.001 |
Primary education (%) | 14.0 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 9.9 | |
Lower secondary education (%) | 33.0 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 21.8 | 19.9 | |
Higher secondary education (%) | 20.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 17.0 | |
Higher vocational college/university (%) | 15.3 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.9 | 14.2 | |
Standardised income (€/mnth, mean (sd)) | 1226 (497) | 708 (215) | 571 (193) | 952 (425) | 967 (500) | <0.001 |
Acculturation | ||||||
Mastery of Dutch language (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Poor | 0.0 | 48.2 | 44.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Mediocre | 1.3 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | |
Good | 98.7 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 97.6 | 98.4 | |
Religious (%) | 47.2 | 97.7 | 99.6 | 90.5 | 88.3 | <0.001 |
Attendance religious meetings (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Every day | 0.7 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | |
At least once a week | 14.5 | 23.8 | 39.8 | 29.7 | 26.3 | |
At least once a month | 6.9 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 16.7 | 15.7 | |
Once or several times a year | 10.6 | 15.6 | 6.3 | 21.9 | 22.3 | |
Almost never | 14.5 | 18.9 | 21.8 | 20.3 | 21.3 | |
Attitudes on care for family (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Traditional | 3.6 | 40.7 | 55.9 | 12.1 | 21.5 | |
Moderate traditional | 36.3 | 48.3 | 41.6 | 57.0 | 47.0 | |
Modern | 60.1 | 10.9 | 2.5 | 30.9 | 31.5 | |
Attitudes on male-female roles (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Traditional | 13.9 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 13.7 | 8.1 | |
Moderate traditional | 29.7 | 35.1 | 25.7 | 35.9 | 36.2 | |
Modern | 56.4 | 17.5 | 28.9 | 50.3 | 55.7 | |
Attitudes on family values (%) | ||||||
Traditional | 11.3 | 30.7 | 36.2 | 20.9 | 14.3 | <0.001 |
Moderate traditional | 61.6 | 58.1 | 63.1 | 65.9 | 70.4 | |
Modern | 27.2 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 15.3 | |
Health status | ||||||
No. of self-rated chronic conditions (%) | <0.001 | |||||
0 | 28.0 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 24.3 | |
1-2 | 42.8 | 29.6 | 34.5 | 41.9 | 51.7 | |
≥ 3 | 29.3 | 64.2 | 54.6 | 40.6 | 24.0 | |
MCS SF-12, mean (sd) | 51.7 (11.4) | 41.6 (11.6) | 42.0 (10.0) | 46.2 (12.9) | 49.7 (11.1) | <0.001 |
Self-rated health (%) | <0.001 | |||||
Excellent | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.2 | |
Very good | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | |
Good | 38.6 | 17.9 | 8.6 | 21.7 | 27.8 | |
Fair | 43.6 | 48.8 | 60.4 | 48.8 | 59.8 | |
Poor | 11.9 | 32.1 | 30.9 | 27.9 | 5.2 |