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Table 1 Response rate (%) and tracking results according to sociodemographic characteristics and health related variables. The Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-up Study (CHIS.FU).

From: The Cornella Health Interview Survey Follow-Up (CHIS.FU) Study: design, methods, and response rate

   

Participants

Non-participants

     

Refusal

   

Baseline Characteristics

  

General Q. n = 1,438

Proxy Q. n = 170

Refusal Q. n = 94

Refusal without Q. n = 29

Dead n = 147

Emigration n = 425

Non-traced N = 197

  

n

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sex

Males

1,236

668 (54.0)

85 (6.9)

42 (3.4)

22 (1.8)

88 (7.1)

210 (17.0)

122 (9.8)

 

Females

1,262

770 (61.0)

85 (6.7)

52 (4.1)

7 (0.6)

59 (4.7)

215 (17.0)

75 (5.9)

Age in 1994

0–14

354

153 (43.2) *

114 (32.2)

4 (1.1)

6 (1.7)

2 (0.3)

53 (15.0)

23 (6.5)

 

15–44

1,078

633 (58.6)

5 (0.5)

32 (3.0)

13 (1.2)

6 (0.6)

279 (25.8)

111 (10.3)

 

45–64

692

506 (73.1)

14 (2.0)

34 (4.9)

7 (1.1)

30 (4.4)

63 (9.2)

36 (5.3)

 

≥ 65

376

146 (38.8)

37 (9.8)

24 (6.4)

3 (0.8)

109 (29.0)

30 (8.0)

27 (7.2)

Place of birth

Cornella

979

524 (53.5)

108 (11.0)

20 (2.0)

13 (1.3)

10 (1.0)

217 (22.2)

86 (8.8)

 

Rest of Catalonia

286

170 (59.4)

9 (3.1)

7 (2.4)

1 (0.3)

24 (8.3)

54 (18.8)

23 (8.0)

 

Rest of Spain

1,202

730 (60.7)

51 (4.2)

67 (5.6)

14 (1.2)

112 (9.3)

147 (12.2)

79 (6.6)

 

Abroad

33

14 (42.4)

2 (6.1)

-

1 (3.0)

1 (3.0)

7 (21.2)

9 (27.3)

Educational level in 1994

<10 years old

205

40 (19.5) **

113 (55.1)

3 (1.5)

4 (2.0)

1 (0.5)

37 (18.0)

7 (3.4)

 

Less than primary

423

217 (51.3)

36 (8.5)

31 (7.3)

4 (0.9)

70 (16.5)

40 (9.5)

23 (5.4)

 

Primary

1,309

857 (65.3)

17 (1.3)

51 (3.9)

17 (1.3)

70 (5.4)

185 (14.1)

114 (8.7)

 

Secondary

470

273 (58.1)

1 (0.2)

7 (1.5)

4 (0.9)

4 (0.9)

137 (29.2)

43 (9.1)

 

University

86

50 (58.1)

1 (1.2)

2 (2.3)

-

-

24 (27.9)

10 (10.5)

Self-perceived health in 1994

Good

1694

981 (57.9)

122 (7.2)

57 (3.3)

23 (1.4)

40 (2.4)

331 (19.5)

142 (8.3)

 

Not bad

648

386 (59.6)

37 (5.7)

27 (4.1)

4 (0.6)

70 (10.8)

78 (12.0)

47 (7.2)

 

Bad

156

71 (45.6)

11 (7.1)

10 (6.5)

2 (1.4)

37 (23.8)

16 (10.3)

8 (5.2)

Smoking status in 1994

Smoker

608

356 (58.6)

5 (0.8)

23 (3.8)

11 (1.8)

22 (3.6)

130 (21.4)

60 (9.9)

 

Former smoker

211

119 (56.3)

7 (3.3)

5 (2.4)

1 (0.5)

27 (12.8)

36 (17.1)

16 (7.6)

 

Never smoker

1255

793 (63.1)

30 (2.4)

60 (4.7)

11 (0.9)

71 (5.6)

198 (15.8)

94 (7.5)

Alcohol consumption In 1994

Non drinker

447

284 (63.4)

12 (2.7)

15 (3.3)

4 (0.9)

27 (6.0)

73 (16.3)

33 (7.4)

 

Moderate drinker

698

433 (62.1)

9 (1.3)

29 (4.2)

9 (1.3)

23 (3.3)

136 (19.5)

58 (8.3)

 

Risk drinker

133

77 (57.9)

1 (0.8)

6 (4.5)

1 (0.7)

6 (4.5)

30 (22.6)

12 (9.0)

Cronic conditions in 1994

0

1117

624 (55.8)

107 (9.6)

30 (2.7)

13 (1.1)

19 (1.7)

233 (20.8)

93 (8.3)

 

1

530

313 (59.1)

20 (3.8)

22 (4.2)

8 (1.5)

21 (3.9)

96 (18.1)

50 (9.4)

 

2

308

184 (59.7)

10 (3.2)

13 (4.2)

3 (1.0)

30 (9.7)

48 (15.6)

20 (6.5)

 

≥ 3

541

317 (58.6)

32 (5.9)

29 (5.4)

5 (0.9)

77 (14.2)

47 (8.7)

34 (6.3)

  1. * These participants were <15 years old in 1994 but ≥ 15 years in 2002, and hence answered the general questionnaire. **These participants were <10 years old in 1994 but ≥ 15 years in 2002, and hence answered the general questionnaire.