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Table 1 Sample Characteristics of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2011 (23 countries, N = 37,228)

From: Are health care inequalities unfair? A study on public attitudes in 23 countries

Country/welfare state

N

Response rate (%)

Age (mean)

Sex (female, %)

Perception of health care inequalities (unfair, %)

Australia

1946

31.1

55.1

52.8

50.4

Great Britain

936

53.9

49.7

56.7

46.4

Israel

1220

66.7

45.8

55.8

70.7

United States

1550

78.2

50.0

56.7

56.2

Liberal

5652

57.5

50.7

55.1

55.7

Belgium

3083

35.8

49.7

53.8

75.8

France

3319

35.9

52.1

58.4

80.8

Germany

1681

37.7

50.0

49.3

77.7

Netherlands

1472

33.7

54.0

55.5

79.9

Switzerland

1212

53.9

48.9

49.2

66.8

Conservative

10,767

39.4

50.9

54.2

77.2

Denmark

1388

56.1

46.3

50.4

61.5

Finland

1340

53.7

46.2

55.1

45.3

Norway

1834

48.5

48.3

53.4

72.5

Sweden

1158

59.8

50.0

52.6

76.0

Social-Democratic

5720

54.5

47.7

52.9

64.2

Italy

1186

23.0

50.7

53.7

79.4

Portugal

1022

58.6

51.6

58.2

74.4

Spain

2712

67.8

49.2

51.8

73.9

South European

4920

49.8

50.1

53.6

75.2

Japan

1306

73.9

50.5

52.8

62.1

Korea (South)

1535

61.4

46.0

55.1

46.8

Taiwan

2199

50.1

46.8

50.6

42.8

East Asian

5040

61.8

47.5

52.6

49.0

Czech Rep.

1804

57.9

47.4

55.3

71.0

Poland

1115

42.6

47.8

54.0

73.5

Slovak Rep.

1128

47.1

51.9

53.6

72.0

Slovenia

1082

64.7

48.6

54.5

84.0

East European

5129

53.1

48.8

54.5

74.5

Total

37,228

51.8

49.5

53.9

67.4