Table 1 Study population: counts and (unweighted) proportions, Swiss Health Surveys (SHS) 1992–2002, (N = 47,192)
From: End-digits preference for self-reported height depends on language
SHS 1992/93 | SHS 1997 | SHS 2002 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Total | 14,899 | 100.0 | 12,821 | 100.0 | 19,472 | 100.0 |
Females | 8,150 | 54.7 | 7,105 | 55.4 | 10,629 | 54.6 |
Males | 6,749 | 45.3 | 5,716 | 44.6 | 8,843 | 45.4 |
Ages 15–30 | 3,556 | 23.9 | 2,650 | 20.7 | 2,810 | 14.4 |
Ages 31–45 | 4,554 | 30.6 | 4,097 | 32.0 | 6,049 | 31.1 |
Ages 46–60 | 3,367 | 22.6 | 2,772 | 21.6 | 4,836 | 24.8 |
Ages 60+ | 3,422 | 23.0 | 3,302 | 25.8 | 5,777 | 29.7 |
No secondary or tertiary education | 3,445 | 23.1 | 3,065 | 23.9 | 4,148 | 21.3 |
Secondary education | 8,312 | 55.8 | 7,606 | 59.3 | 12,132 | 62.3 |
Tertiary education | 3,142 | 21.1 | 2,150 | 16.8 | 3,192 | 16.4 |
Swiss nationals, German-speaking | 8,956 | 60.1 | 7,221 | 56.3 | 11,809 | 60.6 |
Swiss nationals, French-speaking | 3,245 | 21.8 | 2,809 | 21.9 | 4,098 | 21.0 |
Swiss nationals, Italian-speaking | 660 | 4.4 | 773 | 6.0 | 1,199 | 6.2 |
German1 nationals | 332 | 2.2 | 254 | 2.0 | 379 | 1.9 |
French nationals | 175 | 1.2 | 124 | 1.0 | 152 | 0.8 |
Italian nationals | 674 | 4.5 | 705 | 5.5 | 728 | 3.7 |
Other nationals | 857 | 5.8 | 935 | 7.3 | 1,107 | 5.7 |
BMI <18.5 | 784 | 5.3 | 571 | 4.5 | 764 | 3.9 |
BMI 18.5–24.99 | 9,667 | 64.9 | 7,907 | 61.7 | 11,331 | 58.2 |
BMI 25–29.99 | 3,644 | 24.5 | 3,467 | 27.0 | 5,779 | 29.7 |
BMI 30+ | 804 | 5.4 | 876 | 6.8 | 1,598 | 8.2 |
Never-smokers | 7,078 | 47.5 | 6,045 | 47.4 | 9,471 | 48.6 |
Ex-smokers | 3,097 | 20.8 | 2,439 | 19.1 | 4,084 | 21.0 |
Smokers | 4,720 | 31.7 | 4,270 | 33.5 | 5,913 | 30.4 |