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Table 1 Sample characteristics and norm data characteristics

From: Representativeness of personality and involvement preferences in a web-based survey on healthcare decision-making

 

Sample

(n = 6756)

Group a

US/UK/CA/AU/NZ

(n = 1512) (*)

Group b

DE/NL/CH/BE-FL

(n = 1136) (**)

Group c NO/SE/FI/DK

(n = 1313) (***)

Age (mean, SD)

59.1 (7.3)

56.5 (7.3)

56.7 (7.4)

56.1 (6.9)

P-value

 

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

Marital status

 Living together

5370 (79.5%)

1170(79.2%)

934 (83.6%)

1091 (85.0%)

 Single or partner, not living together

1386 (20.5%)

308 (20.8%)

183 (16.4%)

193 (15.1%)

 P-value

 

0.78

0.0014

< 0.0001

Affiliation with labor market

 Student/ …

11 (0.2%)

3 (0.2%)

0

5 (0.4%)

 Working/ …

4445 (65.8%)

1043 (69.4%)

677 (60.6%)

908 (71.8%)

 Unemployed/Retired

2300 (34.0%)

456 (31.4%)

440 (39.4%)

352 (27.9%)

P-value

 

0.023

0.0013

< 0.0001

  1. *) Missing: 34 (marital status), 10 (affiliation with labor market), **)Missing: 19 (marital status), 19 (affiliation with labor market), ***)Missing: 29 (marital status), 48 (affiliation with labor market)