Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 105 (53%) |
Male | 93 (47%) |
Median Age | 55 |
Language | |
German | 116 (59%) |
Italian | 20 (10%) |
French | 62 (31%) |
Perceived health | |
Poor | 18 (9%) |
Fair | 59 (30%) |
Good | 89 (45%) |
Very Good | 32 (16%) |
Longstanding disease | |
With longstanding disease | 76 (38%) |
Without longstanding disease | 122 (62%) |
Other adult in the household | |
Yes | 131 (66%) |
No | 66 (34%) |
Children in the household | |
Yes | 40 (20%) |
No | 158 (80%) |
Highest level of education achieved | |
No qualifications obtained | 55 (28%) |
Upper secondary level of education | 105 (54%) |
Post-secondary, non-tertiary Education or higher | 36 (18%) |
Language skill | |
Not at all | 0 (0%) |
Poorly | 0 (0%) |
Moderately | 6 (3%) |
Sufficiently | 16 (8%) |
Fluently | 175 (89%) |
Income (compared to the average income in the country) | |
Below average | 22 (11%) |
Around average | 143 (73%) |
Above average | 30 (15%) |
Employment status | |
Employed | 79 (37%) |
Self employed or family business | 27 (12%) |
Student | 10 (5%) |
Looking for a job | 4 (2%) |
Unable to work due to illness or disability | 9 (4%) |
Retired | 70 (32%) |
Mainly homemaker | 17 (8%) |
Country of birth | |
In this country | 161 (82%) |
In an other country | 31 (16%) |
In Europe | 4 (2%) |
Mother’s birth country | |
In this country | 141 (71%) |
In another country | 51 (26%) |
In Europe | 5 (2,5%) |