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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample

From: Capital interplays and the self-rated health of young men: results from a cross-sectional study in Switzerland

Variable

Categories

n

%

Age

17Ā years

7

0.0

Ā 

18Ā years

6,424

26.8

Ā 

19Ā years

10,850

45.3

Ā 

20Ā years

4,790

20.0

Ā 

21Ā years

1,323

5.5

Ā 

22Ā years

386

1.6

Ā 

23Ā years

110

0.5

Ā 

24Ā years

68

0.3

Ā 

25Ā years

17

0.1

Immigrant status

born in Switzerland

22,426

93.5

Ā 

immigrated to Switzerland

1,549

6.5

Recruitment centre

Lausanne

4,187

17.5

Ā 

Sumiswald

3,080

12.9

Ā 

MtCeneri

1,437

6.0

Ā 

Windisch

7,422

31.0

Ā 

Ruti

4,281

17.9

Ā 

Mels

3,568

14.9

Highest parental education

mandatory schooling

579

2.4

Ā 

vocational

10,588

44.2

Ā 

grammar school

1,182

4.9

Ā 

technical college

5,171

21.6

Ā 

university

6,455

26.9

Personal educational stream

mandatory schooling

1,496

6.2

Ā 

vocational

13,824

57.7

Ā 

grammar school

8,655

36.1

Number of books in the home

0 to 10

2,026

8.5

Ā 

11 to 50

6,864

28.6

Ā 

51 to 200

7,426

31.0

Ā 

201 to 400

3,934

16.4

Ā 

more than 400

3,725

15.5

Parental financial condition

very bad

614

2.6

Ā 

bad

4,287

17.9

Ā 

good

14,305

59.7

Ā 

very good

4,769

19.9

Parental social capital

very unlikely

1,171

4.9

Ā 

rather unlikely

3,144

13.1

Ā 

rather likely

7,154

29.8

Ā 

very likely

12,506

52.2

Self-rated health

poor

63

0.3

Ā 

fair

710

3.0

Ā 

good

7,483

31.2

Ā 

very good

10,949

45.7

Ā 

excellent

4,770

19.9