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Table 2 Background information on the study populations.

From: Inequalities in utilisation of general practitioner and specialist services in 9 European countries

Country

Age above 50 yrs (%)

Gender distribution (% men)

% Lower secondary education and below

% Upper secondary education

% Tertiary education

People reporting visiting a GP (%)

People reporting visiting a specialist (%)

Norway

39.8

50.0

17.5

56.6

25.9

74.8

17.0

Ireland

37.5

49.5

55.9

29.8

14.3

72.8

24.8

Netherlands

42.7

48.5

39.3

37.7

22.9

35.6

18.0

Belgium

42.0

48.5

41.0

30.0

29.0

46.8

22.9

Germany

42.7

48.4

43.0

43.1

13.9

67.9

74.7

France

39.5

49.1

53.7

18.9

27.4

80.5

56.9

Hungary

42.8

44.6

57.6

29.0

13.4

74.1

51.7

Estonia

30.1

42.3

47.9

34.5

17.6

67.3

44.6

Latvia

28.9

43.5

44.3

34.6

21.1

44.5

29.1

Europe

39.4

47.8

46.0

32.3

21.7

59.2

35.7