Table 1 Main characteristics of the analytical sample, adults aged 58+, SHARE Switzerland, 2019/2020, (n=1,615)
| Â | Â | Unweighted | Weighted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | n | % | 95% CI |
Socio-demographic variables | ||||
 Sex | Men | 761 | 51.5 | 47.3, 55.7 |
Women | 854 | 48.5 | 44.3, 52.7 | |
 Age groups | 58-64 years | 397 | 49.6 | 44.6, 54.6 |
65-74 years | 668 | 27.2 | 24.2, 30.5 | |
75+ years | 550 | 23.1 | 20.4, 26.0 | |
 Education levels | Low | 287 | 15.9 | 13.1, 19.3 |
Medium | 1010 | 63.4 | 58.8, 67.7 | |
High | 318 | 20.7 | 17.0, 24.9 | |
 Partnership status | Has a partner | 1208 | 70.9 | 66.4, 75.0 |
No partner | 407 | 29.1 | 25.0, 33.6 | |
 Make ends meet | Easily | 892 | 56.9 | 52.3, 61.4 |
Fairly easily | 513 | 30.2 | 26.3, 34.5 | |
With difficulty | 210 | 12.8 | 10.1, 16.2 | |
 Swiss linguistic regions | German | 1145 | 70.6 | 65.9, 75.0 |
French | 412 | 26.4 | 22.2, 31.2 | |
Italian | 58 | 3.0 | 2.0, 4.3 | |
 Living area | Urban | 739 | 41.7 | 37.1, 46.5 |
Rural | 876 | 58.3 | 53.5, 62.9 | |
Outcomes | ||||
 Health literacy levels | Sufficient | 1113 | 68.8 | 64.9, 73.1 |
Problematic | 374 | 24.6 | 20.5, 29.1 | |
Inadequate | 128 | 6.6 | 4.9, 8.9 | |
Exposure variables | ||||
 Multimorbidity | No | 976 | 67.2 | 63.0, 71.2 |
Yes | 639 | 32.8 | 28.8, 37.0 | |
 Number of chronic conditions | 0 | 471 | 36.5 | 31.6, 41.7 |
1 | 505 | 30.7 | 26.6, 35.2 | |
2 | 337 | 17.8 | 15.0, 20.8 | |
3 | 160 | 7.9 | 6.1, 10.2 | |
| Â | 4 | 88 | 3.8 | 3.0, 4.8 |
| Â | 5 | 31 | 1.4 | 0.9, 2.0 |
| Â | 6 | 10 | 0.4 | 0.2, 0.8 |
| Â | 7 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.2, 0.9 |
| Â | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2, 4.9 |