Table 1 Descriptive statistics for selected characteristics of participants of the Health on Equal Term survey according to sex: 2006, 2010 and 2014. Mean (standard deviation) for age and income, and N (proportions, %) for the remaining variables
Measures | Estimate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 (n = 23,448) | 2010 (n = 33,327) | 2014 (n = 22,637) | ||||
Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
Control variables | ||||||
 Age | 54.81 (16.05) | 54.59 (16.41) | 57.42 (15.72) | 56.12 (16.20) | 57.68 (15.62) | 56.24 (16.13) |
 Sex | 10,983 (46.84) | 12,465 (53.16) | 15,442 (46.33) | 17,885 (53.67) | 10,568 (46.68) | 12,069 (53.32) |
Socioeconomic variables | ||||||
 Income | 174,956 (79,704) | 144,334 (207,002) | 218,792 (167,395) | 178,795 (420,767) | 241,612 (152,955) | 191,920 (96,466) |
Education | ||||||
 Compulsory education | 2265 (23.37) | 1959 (17.94) | 3525 (22.91) | 3220 (18.06) | 2194 (20.96) | 1805 (15.04) |
 2 years secondary education | 5159 (53.23) | 5567 (50.97) | 7696 (50.02) | 8230 (46.15) | 5545 (52.98) | 5903 (49.17) |
 3 years secondary education | 555 (5.73) | 399 (3.65) | 823 (5.35) | 616 (3.45) | 591 (5.65) | 431 (3.59) |
 Post-secondary education < 3 years | 1650 (17.0) | 2964 (27.14) | 3132 (20.35) | 5647 (31.67) | 2063 (19.71) | 3816 (31.79) |
 Post-secondary education > 3 years | 62 (0.64) | 33 (0.30) | 211 (1.37) | 120 (0.67) | 73 (0.70) | 50 (0.42) |
Health indicators | ||||||
 General health | ||||||
  Poor self-rated health | 4038 (37.32) | 5254 (34.96) | 3575 (34.25) | 4897 (40.01) | 6258 (36.27) | 4193 (35.31) |
  Poor self-rated dental health | 3583 (33.17) | 4492 (29.42) | 3061 (29.88) | 3263 (26.63) | 4060 (23.02) | 2571 (22.11) |
  Overweight | 6862 (63.39) | 9910 (65.16) | 6783 (65.89) | 6004 (49.64) | 9027 (52.08) | 6087 (52.41) |
 Physical health | ||||||
  Hypertension | 2751 (26.24) | 4713 (32.57) | 3547 (34.6) | 3175 (26.58) | 5208 (30.8) | 3670 (31.33) |
  Diabetes | 860 (8.49) | 1432 (10.56) | 1064 (10.41) | 705 (6.15) | 1131 (7.15) | 754 (6.48) |
  Long-term illness | 4882 (45.2) | 6650 (43.72) | 4617 (44.28) | 5522 (45.36) | 7589 (43.32) | 5079 (42.84) |
 Mental health | ||||||
  Stress | 4561 (41.73) | 5734 (37.6) | 3723 (36.12) | 6226 (50.19) | 8033 (45.46) | 5290 (45.24) |
  Depression | 4528 (41.56) | 6230 (40.88) | 4157 (40.69) | 5933 (47.96) | 8077 (45.76) | 5349 (46.13) |
  Psychological distress | 1250 (11.38) | 1956 (12.78) | 1145 (10.83) | 1968 (15.79) | 3069 (17.35) | 1796 (14.66) |
 Lifestyle habits | ||||||
  Smoking | 1215 (11.17) | 1466 (9.73) | 904 (8.64) | 1799 (14.61) | 1962 (11.23) | 1146 (9.6) |
  Risky alcohol consumption | 1091 (11.36) | 1444 (10.96) | 938 (10.28) | 287 (2.92) | 439 (3.19) | 236 (2.47) |
  Physical inactivity | 1533 (14.19) | 2078 (13.7) | 1401 (13.73) | 1684 (13.8) | 2460 (14.04) | 1591 (13.71) |