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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics

From: Differences in health care utilisation between elderly from ethnic minorities and ethnic Dutch elderly

 

Moroccan N = 14,490

Turkish N = 10,316

Surinamese N = 8,619

Moluccan N = 1,064

Dutch N = 33,725

p-value

Age (mean, SD)

64.1 (7.1)1

64.0 (7.1)1

64.5 (8.8)

63.6 (8.7)1

64.4 (7.8)

<0.0001

Gender (male) (%)

57.32

49.42

44.12

46.22

51.2

<0.0001

Living in a deprived neighbourhood (%)

40.82

37.02

25.42

7.8

8.0

<0.0001

Additional health insurance (%)

92.72

92.92

87.62

82.22

91.0

<0.0001

  1. 1Mean differs significantly from that of the ethnic Dutch population (p < 0.05).
  2. 2Proportion differs significantly from that of the ethnic Dutch population (p < 0.05).