Skip to main content

Table 1 Distribution of Sociodemographic and Employment Characteristics of Active Workers of the Epidemiological Study of the Cohort of Chronic Diseases (EpiDoc) 2011- 2016

From: Obesity- attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in Portugal

Variables

EpiDoC 1 (2011–13)

Missings

EpiDoC 2 (20,131–15)

Missings

EpiDoC 3 (2015–163)

Missings

All Waves (2011–16)

Missings

(n = 4338)

n (%)

(n = 3391)

n (%)

(n = 2444)

n (%)

(n = 10,173)

n (%)

Sex, n (%)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  Male

1856 (42.8)

 

1402 (41.3)

 

1003 (41.0)

 

2292 (41.4)

 

  Female

2482 (57.2)

1989 (58.7)

1441 (59.0)

3246 (58.6)

Age, years, n (%)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  18–24

213 (4.9)

 

178 (5.2)

 

1003 (41.0)

 

470 (4.6)

 

  25–34

835 (19.2)

537 (15.8)

1441 (59.0)

1720 (16.9)

  35–44

1386 (32.0)

1029 (30.3)

79 (3.2)

3122 (30.7)

  45–54

1243 (28.7)

1067 (31.5)

348 (14.2)

3128 (30.8)

  55–64

606 (14.0)

518 (15.3)

707 (28.9)

1568 (15.4)

  ≥ 65

55 (1.3)

62 (1.8)

818 (33.5)

165 (1.6)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 

4 (0.2)

 

8 (0.2)

 

5 (0.2)

 

22 (0.2)

  Caucasian/ White

4190 (96.8)

 

3291 (97.3)

 

444 (18.2)

 

9860 (97.1)

 

  Black

109 (2.5)

 

75 (2.2)

 

48 (2.0)

 

235 (2.3)

  Asian

4 (0.1)

 

2 (0.1)

 

2379 (97.3)

 

6 (0.1)

  Romany

2 (0.1)

 

2 (0.1)

 

51 (2.1)

 

5 (0.1)

  Other

24 (0.6)

 

13 (0.4)

 

-

 

45 (0.4)

Marital status, n (%)

 

4 (0.2)

 

2 (0.1)

 

1 (0.0)

 

7 (0.1)

  Single

872 (20.1)

 

773 (22.8)

 

8 (0.3)

 

2208 (21.7)

 

  Married

2666 (61.5)

 

2052 (60.5)

 

5 (0.2)

 

6214 (61.1)

 

  Divorced

424 (9.8)

 

309 (9.1)

 

563 (23.0)

 

938 (9.2)

 

  Widow(er)

124 (2.9)

 

82 (2.4)

 

1496 (61.2)

 

266 (2.6)

 

  Consensual

248 (5.7)

 

173 (5.1)

 

205 (8.4)

 

540 (5.3)

 

NUTS II, n (%)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  Norte

1233 (28.4)

 

997 (29.4)

 

60 (2.5)

 

2957 (29.1)

 

  Centro

724 (16.7)

 

641 (18.9)

 

119 (4.9)

 

1795 (17.6)

 

  Lisboa

1163 (26.8)

 

798 (23.5)

 

727 (29.7)

 

2525 (24.8)

 

  Alentejo

258 (5.9)

 

170 (5.0)

 

430 (17.6)

 

549 (5.4)

 

  Algarve

135 (3.1)

 

107 (3.2)

 

564 (23.1)

 

310 (3.1)

 

  Azores

417 (9.6)

 

352 (10.4)

 

121 (5.0)

 

1058 (10.4)

 

  Madeira

408 (9.4)

 

326 (9.6)

 

68 (2.8)

 

979 (9.6)

 

Educational level, years, n(%)

 

14 (0.3)

 

10 (0.3)

 

6 (0.2)

 

30 (0.3)

  0- 4

886 (20.5)

 

665 (19.7)

 

439 (18.0)

 

1990 (19.6)

 

  5 – 9

1130 (26.1)

 

847 (25.1)

 

562 (23.1)

 

2539 (25.0)

 

  10 – 12

1159 (26.8)

 

917 (27.1)

 

689 (28.3)

 

2765 (27.3)

 

  > 12

1149 (26.6)

 

952 (28.2)

 

748 (30.7)

 

2849 (28.1)

 

BMI (Kg/m2), n (%)

 

72 (1.7)

 

182 (5.4)

 

72 (2.9)

 

326 (3.2)

  Underweight (≤ 18.4)

66 (1.5)

 

61 (1.5)

 

46 (1.9)

 

173 (1.8)

 

  Normal (18.5–24.9)

1974 (46.3)

 

1482 (46.2)

 

1100 (46.4)

 

4556 (46.3)

 

  Overweight (25–29.9)

1577 (37.0)

 

1277 (38.2)

 

910 (38.4)

 

3714 (37.7)

 

  Obese (≥ 30)

649 (15.2)

 

439 (13.7)

 

316 (13.3)

 

1404 (14.3)

 

Absenteeism, n (%)

 

132 (3.0)

 

257 (7.6)

 

589 (24.2)

 

852(8.4)

  Yes

973 (23.1)

 

811 (25.9)

 

492 (26.6)

 

2262 (24.3)

 

  No

3233 (76.9)

 

2323 (74.1)

 

1357 (73.4)

 

7059 (75.7)

 

Type of Worker, n (%)

 

2 (0.05)

 

14 (0.4)

 

41 (1.7)

 

57 (0.6)

  White Collar

2683 (61.9)

 

2173 (64.3)

 

1598 (66.5)

 

6454 (63.8)

 

  Blue Collar

1653 (38.1)

 

1204 (35.7)

 

805 (33.5)

 

3662 (36.2)

 

Income, €, mean (± sd)

1126.4 (194.1)

 

1097.4 (193.5)

 

1111.85 (182.0)

 

1113.27 (191.5)

 

Income, €, n (%)

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  ≤ 750

-

 

90 (2.7)

 

36 (1.5)

 

126 (1.2)

 

  751 to 1000

1390 (32.0)

 

1542 (45.5)

 

638 (26.1)

 

3570 (31.5)

 

  1001 to 1500

2920 (67.3)

 

1732 (51.1)

 

1753 (71.7)

 

6405 (63.0)

 

  ≥ 1500

28 (0.6)

 

27 (0.8)

 

17 (0.7)

 

72 (0.7)

 
  1. Values are displayed as n (%) or mean (± sd). NUTS II Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics II, BMI Body Max Index