Table 1 General information, demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of study participants, by cluster
| Â | Whole sample | LHU | IHU | LHD | AC2NH | EFE | HAC | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | N | 2271 | 1893 | 111 | 101 | 33 | 86 | 47 | Â |
% | 100 | 83.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | ||
Recruitment wave | 1 | 50.9% | 50.3% | 55.9% | 52.5% | 57.6% | 47.7% | 57.4% | 0.673 |
2 | 49.1% | 49.7% | 44.1% | 47.5% | 42.4% | 52.3% | 42.6% | ||
Age (years) | Mean | 67.9 | 67.8 | 68.2 | 68 | 68.8 | 67.9 | 68.1 | 0.001 |
SD | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
Sex | Female | 60.7% | 60.9% | 64.9% | 50.5% | 60.6% | 50.0% | 83.0% | 0.002 |
Male | 39.3% | 39.1% | 35.1% | 49.5% | 39.4% | 50.0% | 18.0% | ||
Children | No | 21.1% | 20.9% | 18.0% | 20.8% | 30.3% | 27.9% | 19.1% | 0.374 |
Yes | 78.3% | 78.6% | 82.0% | 77.2% | 69.7% | 70.9% | 80.9% | ||
missing | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% | ||
Marital status | Single | 12.2% | 11.8% | 13.5% | 11.9% | 24.2% | 16.3% | 6.4% |  < 0.001 |
Married | 56.1% | 57.7% | 49.5% | 54.5% | 18.2% | 50.0% | 46.8% | ||
Separated | 18.8% | 17.9% | 22.5% | 22.8% | 30.3% | 19.8% | 29.8% | ||
Widowed | 12.5% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 10.9% | 24.2% | 14.0% | 17.0% | ||
missing | 0.4% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 0.0% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Living alone | No | 62.8% | 64.6% | 55.0% | 61.4% | 27.3% | 58.1% | 48.9% | 0.001 |
Yes | 36.9% | 35.1% | 45.0% | 38.6% | 72.7% | 41.9% | 51.1% | ||
missing | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Born in Switzerland | No | 26.4% | 25.7% | 33.3% | 35.6% | 15.2% | 26.7% | 25.5% | 0.006 |
Yes | 73.5% | 74.2% | 66.7% | 64.4% | 84.8% | 73.3% | 72.3% | ||
missing | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% | ||
Educational level | Basic | 20.1% | 19.1% | 30.6% | 25.7% | 18.2% | 19.8% | 27.7% | 0.040 |
Technical | 39.5% | 39.7% | 41.4% | 36.6% | 42.4% | 40.7% | 29.8% | ||
Secondary | 24.7% | 25.5% | 13.5% | 19.8% | 27.3% | 25.6% | 25.5% | ||
Higher | 15.0% | 15.2% | 11.7% | 16.8% | 9.1% | 14.0% | 17.0% | ||
missing | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 1.0% | 3.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Financial hardship | No | 83.0% | 84.0% | 76.6% | 82.2% | 63.6% | 82.6% | 72.3% |  < 0.001 |
Yes | 12.6% | 11.3% | 21.6% | 11.9% | 30.3% | 17.4% | 27.7% | ||
missing | 4.4% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Insurance subsidy | No | 82.7% | 84.3% | 68.5% | 77.2% | 66.7% | 77.9% | 80.9% |  < 0.001 |
Yes | 16.1% | 14.4% | 31.5% | 21.8% | 33.3% | 19.8% | 17.0% | ||
missing | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 2.1% | ||
Supplementary insurance | No | 52.2% | 51.5% | 58.6% | 57.4% | 75.8% | 44.2% | 53.2% | 0.006 |
Yes | 46.4% | 47.3% | 36.9% | 40.6% | 21.2% | 53.5% | 46.8% | ||
missing | 1.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% | 2.0% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 0.0% | ||