Table 8 Demographic characteristics of the study population in each of the two surveys
Characteristic | First survey | Second survey | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | p-value | |
Gender | .780 | ||||
Male | 983 | 49.0 | 962 | 48.5 | |
Female | 1024 | 51.0 | 1020 | 51.4 | |
Other | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | |
Age | .361 | ||||
18–30 years | 407 | 20.3 | 396 | 20.0 | |
31–45 years | 472 | 23.5 | 480 | 24.2 | |
46–60 years | 522 | 26.0 | 494 | 24.9 | |
61–75 years | 557 | 27.7 | 543 | 27.4 | |
76 years and over | 50 | 2.5 | 70 | 3.5 | |
Province | .995 | ||||
Antwerp | 320 | 15.9 | 326 | 16.4 | |
Flemish Brabant | 184 | 9.2 | 197 | 9.9 | |
Limburg | 154 | 7.7 | 157 | 7.9 | |
West Flanders | 219 | 10.9 | 216 | 10.9 | |
East Flanders | 263 | 13.1 | 264 | 13.3 | |
Brussels Capital Region | 206 | 10.3 | 194 | 9.8 | |
Walloon Brabant | 74 | 3.7 | 70 | 3.5 | |
Hainaut | 250 | 12.5 | 231 | 11.6 | |
Liège | 206 | 10.3 | 193 | 9.7 | |
Luxembourg | 50 | 2.5 | 49 | 2.5 | |
Namur | 82 | 4.1 | 86 | 4.3 | |
Household composition | .053 | ||||
Alone without children | 474 | 23.6 | 407 | 20.5 | |
Alone with children | 135 | 6.7 | 129 | 6.5 | |
Couple without children | 655 | 32.6 | 736 | 37.1 | |
Couple with children | 494 | 24.6 | 477 | 24.1 | |
With parents | 229 | 11.4 | 211 | 10.6 | |
Live together / share a flat (e.g. friends, acquaintances) | 21 | 1.0 | 23 | 1.2 | |