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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of responders and non-responders to the non-participation questionnaire

From: Non-participation in a targeted prevention program aimed at lifestyle-related diseases: a questionnaire-based assessment of patient-reported reasons

 

Respon-ders

Non-respon-ders

Total number of non-partici-pants

Mis-sing, n (%)

Logistic regression

Crude

Adjustedb

n (%)

93 (3.8)

2369 (96.2)

2462 (100)

 

OR

95% Cl

p

OR

95% Cl

p

10-year age groups, n (%)

   

0 (0.0)

      

 29–39 years

17 (18.3)

804 (33.9)

821 (33.4)

 

1

     

 40–49 years

34 (36.6)

892 (37.7)

926 (37.6)

 

1.80

1.00–3.25

0.05

   

 50–60 years

42 (45.2)

673 (28.4)

715 (29.0)

 

2.95

1.66–5.23

 < .001

   

Gender, n (%)

   

0 (0.0)

      

 Female

58 (58.1)

1112 (46.9)

1166 (47.4)

 

1

     

 Male

39 (41.9)

1257 (53.1)

1296 (52.6)

 

0.64

0.42–0.97

0.036

   

Country of origin, n (%)

   

15 (0.6)

      

 Denmark

84 (90.3)

2050 (87.1)

2134 (87.2)

 

1

  

1

  

 Western

 < 5

99 (4.2)

101 (4.1)

 

0.49

0.12–2.03

0.33

0.55

0.13–2.26

0.40

 Non-western

7 (7.5)

205 (8.7)

212 (8.7)

 

0.83

0.38–1.83

0.65

0.92

0.42–2.03

0.84

Highest educational attainment, n (%)

   

106 (4.3)

      

 Highschool, vocational education, higher education, higher education—master level

73 (82.0)

1799 (79.4)

1872 (79.5)

 

1

  

1

  

 Secondary school

16 (18.0)

468 (20.6)

484 (20.5)

 

0.84

0.49–1.46

0.54

0.83

0.48–1.45

0.52

Employment status, n (%)

   

13 (0.5)

      

 Unemployed/ on benefits, social welfare recipients or othera

27 (29.0)

508 (21.6)

535 (21.9)

 

1

  

1

  

 Employed, self-employed

66 (71.0)

1848 (78.4)

1914 (78.2)

 

0.67

0.42–1.06

0.09

0.70

0.44–1.11

0.13

Family income, n (%)

   

15 (0.6)

      

  > Lowest quartile

72 (77.4)

1633 (69.3)

1705 (69.7)

 

1

  

1

  

 Lowest quartile

21 (22.6)

721 (30.6)

742 (30.3)

 

0.66

0.40–1.08

0.10

0.75

0.45–1.24

0.26

  1. a “Other” covers e.g., unemployed persons from a family that relies on one income only
  2. bAdjusted for age and gender