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Table 3 Sample characteristics for CVD+ and CVD- households in five European countries; % of respondents within each CVD group

From: Fish consumption and its motives in households with versus without self-reported medical history of CVD: A consumer survey from five European countries

 

Belgium

Denmark

The Netherlands

Poland

Spain

 

CVD+

(n = 90)

10.5%

CVD-

(n = 762)

89.5%

p

CVD+

(n = 45)

4.0%

CVD-

(n = 1065)

96.0%

p

CVD+

(n = 88)

10.9%

CVD-

(n = 721)

89.1%

p

CVD+

(n = 87)

8.6%

CVD-

(n = 928)

91.4%

p

CVD+

(n = 41)

4.1%

CVD-

(n = 959)

95.9%

p

Age *

52.1

45.1

< .001

56.3

45.4

< .001

46.8

39.4

< .001

50.8

42.0

< .001

40.1

38.2

.347

Gender

  

.172

  

.381

  

.319

  

.989

  

.735

   Male

18.9

25.5

 

20.0

25.8

 

33.0

27.9

 

29.9

30.0

 

12.2

10.5

 

   Female

81.1

74.5

 

80.0

74.2

 

67.0

72.1

 

70.1

70.0

 

87.8

89.5

 

Education

  

.405

  

.494

  

.106

  

.037

  

.258

   Unskilled

25.5

19.6

 

42.9

47.0

 

55.2

44.1

 

56.3

42.5

 

56.1

62.9

 

   Skilled

66.7

71.7

 

35.7

38.3

 

42.5

50.8

 

35.6

44.2

 

19.5

11.2

 

   Higher

7.8

8.7

 

21.4

14.8

 

2.3

5.2

 

8.0

13.3

 

24.4

24.9

 

Household income

  

.521

  

.527

  

. 248

  

. 183

  

.694

   Lower

30.0

25.2

 

15.6

22.1

 

34.1

29.7

 

31.0

29.8

 

26.8

21.7

 

   Middle

44.4

50.3

 

48.9

47.9

 

40.9

50.2

 

50.6

43.0

 

43.9

49.5

 

   Upper

25.6

24.5

 

35.5

30.0

 

25.0

20.1

 

18.4

27.2

 

29.3

28.8

 
  1. * Mean (years)