Table 1 Background factors of respondents in the study sample, across age groups (%)
| Characteristic |
Age 27–54 n = 341 |
Age 55–64 n = 1019 |
Age ≥ 65 n = 1270 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 58.4 | 56.9 | 54.7 | ns. |
| Women | 41.6 | 43.1 | 45.3 | |
| Professional education | ||||
| Upper secondary education (vocational school) or less | 50.7 | 57.2 | 62.2 | *** |
| Higher education (college, polytechnic, university) | 49.3 | 42.8 | 37.8 | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 21.2 | 11.5 | 4.8 | *** |
| Married/cohabiting | 60.2 | 68.0 | 68.3 | |
| Widowed/divorced | 18.6 | 20.5 | 26.8 | |
| Duration of diabetes | ||||
| 1–3 years | 32.2 | 20.3 | 15.7 | *** |
| 4–10 years | 50.8 | 57.0 | 50.5 | |
| More than 10 years | 17.0 | 22.7 | 33.9 | |
| Medication | ||||
| Oral drugs only | 64.1 | 73.8 | 77.8 | *** |
| Oral drugs + insulin/insulin only | 33.1 | 24.7 | 21.6 | |
| Other (e.g. GLP-1 analog) | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
| Service provider responsible for care of diabetes: | ||||
| Municipal healthcare centre | 58.9 | 65.2 | 91.4 | *** |
| Occupational healthcare service | 38.9 | 29.5 | 4.4 | |
| Private healthcare centre | 2.2 | 5.3 | 4.2 | |