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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents in the study sample (N = 258,928) compared to the Dutch population

From: Social Exclusion Index-for Health Surveys (SEI-HS): a prospective nationwide study to extend and validate a multidimensional social exclusion questionnaire

Characteristics

Study sample

Study sample

Dutch populationa

Unweighted

Weighted

Sex: male (%)

45.2

49.1

49.0

Age (mean, SD)

54.8 (17.7)

48.7 (17.6)

48.8

Ethnic background: non-Western (%)

5.2

10.4

10.2

Educational level: very low (%)b

8.7

7.4

7.8

Employment status: Unemployed, recipient of social security or disability benefits. (%)

9.6

10.3

10.6

Income: low (%)c

10.5

14.1

14.4

Family situation: living alone (%)

17.3

17.2

17.8

Geographic area: highly urbanised (%)d

14.9

20.2

20.2

Geographic area: rural (%)e

14.5

10.7

10.7

  1. aData source: Sex, ethnicity and urbanisation: Statistics Netherlands 2012 (statline.cbs.nl); Other data: PHM 2012
  2. bNo education and primary school
  3. cLow income = lowest quintile standardised yearly household income (2010) i.e. below 15.200 Euro. Data obtained from Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
  4. dMunicipality with area address density > =2500 adresses per km2 (2012). Data obtained from Statistics Netherlands
  5. eMunicipality with area address density <500 adresses per km2 (2012). Data obtained from Statistics Netherlands