Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, Belgium, 1997, 2001, 2004, and 2008
Characteristics | Men | Women | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15-54 | 55-64 | 65-79 | ≥80 | 15-54 | 55-64 | 65-79 | ≥80 | |||||||||
N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | N | %* | |
Survey year | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | 2735 | 24.4 | 450 | 20.3 | 541 | 21.3 | 108 | 10.3 | 2698 | 23.9 | 482 | 21.1 | 693 | 22.3 | 221 | 10.3 |
2001 | 3093 | 27.5 | 581 | 26.2 | 675 | 26.6 | 152 | 14.5 | 3031 | 26.9 | 598 | 26.2 | 826 | 26.6 | 227 | 10.6 |
2004 | 2848 | 25.4 | 585 | 26.4 | 811 | 32.0 | 385 | 36.6 | 2959 | 26.2 | 603 | 26.4 | 961 | 31.0 | 844 | 39.4 |
2008 | 2551 | 22.7 | 603 | 27.2 | 510 | 20.1 | 406 | 38.6 | 2590 | 23.0 | 597 | 26.2 | 624 | 20.1 | 849 | 39.7 |
Education level | ||||||||||||||||
Tertiary | 3895 | 34.7 | 772 | 34.8 | 693 | 27.3 | 266 | 25.3 | 4486 | 39.8 | 657 | 28.8 | 591 | 19.0 | 259 | 12.1 |
Secondary | 4799 | 42.7 | 934 | 42.1 | 967 | 38.1 | 360 | 34.3 | 4134 | 36.7 | 1014 | 44.5 | 1213 | 39.1 | 736 | 34.4 |
Primary | 732 | 6.5 | 435 | 19.6 | 756 | 29.8 | 357 | 34.0 | 770 | 6.8 | 511 | 22.4 | 1127 | 36.3 | 921 | 43.0 |
No diploma | 72 | 0.6 | 37 | 1.7 | 54 | 2.1 | 27 | 2.6 | 106 | 0.9 | 41 | 1.8 | 85 | 2.7 | 92 | 4.3 |
No information | 1729 | 15.4 | 41 | 1.8 | 67 | 2.6 | 41 | 3.9 | 1782 | 15.8 | 57 | 2.5 | 88 | 2.8 | 133 | 6.2 |
Disabled | 415 | 3.7 | 249 | 11.2 | 631 | 24.9 | 527 | 50.1 | 534 | 4.7 | 326 | 14.3 | 1003 | 32.3 | 1453 | 67.9 |
Total | 11227 | 2219 | 2537 | 1051 | 11278 | 2280 | 3104 | 2141 | ||||||||