Table 1 Descriptive statistics for older Turkish immigrants (n = 680)
From: Acculturation is associated with older Turkish immigrants’ self-management abilities
Characteristic | Range | % or mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
Sex (female) | 47.6% | |
Age (years) | 66–95 | 72.90 (5.02) |
Marital status (single/widowed) | 28.7% | |
Education (low) | 80.3% | |
Number of chronic diseases | 0–10 | 2.68 (1.87) |
Co−/multi-morbidity | 69.4% | |
Self-management abilities | 1–4 | 2.52 (0.62) |
Attachment to the Turkish culture | 1–5 | 3.92 (0.69) |
Attachment to the Dutch culture | 1–5 | 3.19 (0.77) |
Integration acculturation strategy | 34.1% | |
Assimilation acculturation strategy | 18.2% | |
Separation acculturation strategy | 24.7% | |
Marginalisation acculturation strategy | 23.0% |