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Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics

From: Dutch citizens of Turkish origin who utilize healthcare services in Turkey: a qualitative study on motives and contextual factors

Respondents

Age

Sex

Employee status

Educational levela

Duration of stay in Turkey

Frequency of travel to Turkey

Years of stay in the Netherlands

R01

70

M

Retired

Low

6 months

Yearly

44

R02

49

M

Employed

Low

4 weeks

Not available

35

R03

45

F

Employed

Low

Not available

Not available

30

R04

67

F

Retired

Low

11 months

Yearly

44

R05

40

M

Employed

High

3 weeks

Not available

15

R06

25

F

Homemaker

Low

7 weeks

Not available

6

R07

61

M

Employed

Low

5 weeks

Once every 5 years

42

R08

30

F

Employed

Low

Not available

Once every 2 years

Born in the Netherlands

R09

67

M

Retired

Low

6 months

Yearly

43

R10

36

M

Employed

High

2–3 weeks

4 times a year

9

R11

26

F

Employed

Low

3.5 weeks

Yearly

Born in the Netherlands

R12

45

M

Employed

High

Living in Turkey since 2004

Not applicable

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  1. aEducational level was defined as low when a respondent had no formal schooling, primary schooling only, lower vocational or lower secondary schooling, and as high when a respondent had intermediate vocational, intermediate/higher general secondary schooling or higher vocational schooling or university