Table 1 Characteristics of institutionalized and community-dwelling population
From: Biological health or lived health: which predicts self-reported general health better?
Institutionalized population | Community-dwelling population | |
|---|---|---|
(N = 9707) | (N = 17739) | |
% | % | |
Gender | ||
Female | 65.5 | 63.3 |
Age, years | ||
Old (>65) | 82.0 | 58.5 |
Education | ||
No school | 21.8 | 11.9 |
Primary-school-incomplete | 45.3 | 35.6 |
Primary-school-complete | 23.4 | 28.8 |
Secondary school first step | 3.0 | 9.3 |
Secondary school finished | 3.1 | 5.3 |
Professional school medium | 1.3 | 2.8 |
Professional school superior | 0.5 | 1.7 |
University | 1.5 | 4.6 |
SRGH | ||
SRGH: very good | 3.0 | 1.5 |
SRGH: good | 35.2 | 19.2 |
SRGH: fair | 37.1 | 44.9 |
SRGH: bad | 18.8 | 26.5 |
SRGH: very bad | 5.9 | 7.9 |
Number of health conditionsa | ||
No health condition | 12.3 | 12.4 |
One or two health conditions | 68.6 | 50.1 |
Three or more than three health conditions | 19.1 | 37.5 |