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Table 2 The main socio-demographic characteristics of respondents

From: The prevalence of self-reported underuse of medications due to cost for the elderly: results from seven European urban communities

Variable

%/n

Lithuania

Sweden

Germany

Italy

Spain

Portugal

Greece

All countries

Sex

        

 Male

35.7/225

46.8/293

47.1/305

43.0/270

42.8/272

39.0/256

44.6/287

42.7/1908

 Female

64.3/405

53.2/333

52.9/343

57.0/358

57.2/364

61.0/400

55.4/356

57.3/2559

Age group

        

 60–64 years

23.2/146

33.9/212

21.7/137

22.5/141

23.3/148

24.5/161

27.8/179

25.2/1124

 65–69 years

23.5/148

23.8/149

28.4/184

22.6/142

22.0/140

24.4/160

25.7/165

24.4/1088

 70–74 years

23.2/146

16.9/106

23.5/152

20.5/129

22.5/143

21.0/138

22.9/147

21.5/961

 74–79 years

19.2/121

13.3/83

16.0/104

18.9/119

17.8/113

17.5/115

14.6/94

16.8/749

 80–84 years

11.0/69

12.1/76

11.0/71

15.4/97

14.5/92

12.5/82

9.0/58

12.2/545

Lives alone

        

 No

75.8/475

66.1/414

67.3/429

86.9/546

82.14/522

78.4/514

73.7/474

75.8/3374

 Yes

24.2/152

33.9/212

32.7/208

13.1/82

17.9/114

21.6/142

26.3/169

24.2/1079

Education

        

 Less than primary

5.6/34

2.3/14

1.3/8

4.3/27

60.0/381

11.4/75

19.0/122

15.1/661

 Primary

24.3/147

31.1/193

2.2/13

34.6/217

13.1/83

36.4/239

31.2/200

24.9/1092

 Secondary

46.7/283

33.3/207

67.2/405

50.3/316

11.5/73

36.1/237

40.7/261

40.6/1782

 University

23.4/142

33.3/207

29.4/177

10.8/68

15.4/98

16.0/105

9.0/58

19.5/855

Economic hardship

        

 Never

26.8/169

64.0/400

52.5/339

41.4/259

31.8/202

29.7/195

6.4/41

36.0/1605

 Quite often

37.8/238

26.4/165

31.7/205

35.8/224

9.9/63

23.0/151

23.5/151

26.8/1197

 Often

21.4/135

5.4/34

11.5/74

15.3/96

15.1/96

11.3/74

28.1/181

15.5/690

 Always

14.0/88

4.2/26

4.3/28

7.5/47

43.2/275

36.0/236

42.0/270

21.7/970

  1. n number of observed persons