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Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of the MentDis_ICF65+ study by country

From: Study approach and field work procedures of the MentDis_ICF65+ project on the prevalence of mental disorders in the older adult European population

  

Total sample

n = 3142

Hamburg (Germany)

n = 511

Ferrara (Italy)

n = 518

London (England)

n = 496

Madrid (Spain)

n = 555

Geneva (Switzerland)

n = 520

Jerusalem (Israel)

n = 542

P-value

Age: mean (SD)

 

73.7 (5.6)

73.7 (5.0)

72.7 (5.3)

74.4 (5.6)

73.5 (6.0)

73.2 (5.6)

74.5 (5.6)

 

Age categories: n (%)

65–74

1715 (54.6)

279 (54.6)

343 (66.2)

237 (47.8)

296 (53.3)

292 (56.2)

268(49.4)

 
 

>75

1427 (45.4)

232 (45.4)

175 (33.8)

259 (52.2)

259 (46.7)

228 (43.8)

274 (50.6)

 

Gender: n (%)

Female

1592 (50.7)

249 (48.7)

233 (45.0)

275 (55.4)

288 (51.9)

265 (51.0)

282 (52.0)

 

Born in the country where the interview took place categories: n (%)

Yes

2519 (80.2)

473 (92.6)

514 (99.2)

473 (95.4)

523 (94.2)

336 (64.6)

200 (36.9)

.001

Education: mean years of schooling (SD)

 

10.3 (3.2)

10.30 (2.0)

8.9 (2.0)

11.4 (1.7)

8.0 (4.1)

11.9 (1.9)

11.4 (2.7)

.001

Graduated from last school categories: n (%)

Yes

2392 (77.2)

485 (96.2)

439 (88.7)

342 (70.8)

297 (53.5)

433 (83.3)

396 (73.2)

.001

Marital status categories: n (%)

Married

1915 (61.0)

314 (61.7)

344 (66.5)

301 (60.7)

336 (60.5)

304 (58.5)

316 (58.3)

.003

 

Separated, Divorced Widowed

1082 (34.5)

178 (35.0)

146 (28.2)

166 (33.5)

192 (34.6)

186 (36.8)

214 (39.5)

 
 

Never married/other

142 (4.5)

17 (3.3)

27 (5.2)

29 (5.8)

27 (4.9)

30 (5.8)

12 (2.2)

 

Number of children: mean (SD)

 

2.3 (1.5)

1.9 (1.1)

1.7 (0.9)

2.3(1.4)

2.5 (1.4)

1.8 (1.2)

3.4 (2.0)

.001

Number of grandchildren: mean (SD)

 

3.9 (5.8)

2.4 (2.4)

1.6 (1.6)

3.8 (3.5)

3.0 (3.1)

2.6 (2.6)

9.6 (10.8)

.001

Number of household members: mean (SD)

 

0.8 (0.7)

0.7 (0.5)

1.0 (0.7)

0.8 (0.6)

1.0 (0.8)

0.8 (0.5)

0.8 (0.7)

.001

Number of close significants: mean (SD)

 

11.7 (11.2)

12.5 (10.9)

3.6 (4.2)

9.6 (9.2)

10.4 (9.2)

16.7(11.3)

17.4 (13.6)

.001

Employment status

Retired

2640 (84.6)

481 (94.9)

457 (90.5)

435 (88.4)

400 (72.2)

465 (89.4)

402 (74.4)

.001

 

Working

227 (7.3)

14 (2.8)

15 (3.0)

45 (9.1)

13 (2.3)

50 (9.6)

90 (16.7)

 
 

Homemaker

224 (7.2)

10 (2.0)

27 (5.3)

5 (1.0)

137 (24.7)

5 (1.0)

40 (7.4)

 
 

Unemployed

8 (0.3)

0

1 (0.2)

0

4 (0.7)

0

3 (0.6)

 
 

Other

20 (0.6)

2 (0.4)

5 (1.0)

7 (1.4)

1 (0.2)

0

5 (0.9)

 

Self-rated socioeconomic status: mean (SD)

 

6.2 (1.7)

6.6 (1.5)

5.8 (1.6)

6.4 (1.4)

5.5 (1.8)

6.9 (1.6)

6.1 (1.8)

 

Self-rated financial situation categories: n (%)

Very good

356 (11.4)

66 (13.0)

11 (2.1)

68 (13.8)

15 (2.7)

122 (23.5)

71 (13.8)

.001

 

Good

1372 (43.8)

241 (47.3)

148 (28.8)

254 (51.4)

150 (27.0)

335 (64.4)

244 (45.4)

 
 

Sufficient

1145 (36.6)

184 (36.1)

303 (58.9)

150 (30.4)

291 (52.4)

51 (9.8)

166 (30.9)

 
 

Poor

219 (7.0)

14 (2.8)

44 (8.6)

20 (4.0)

86 (15.5)

11 (2.1)

44 (8.2)

 
 

Very poor

37 (1.2)

4 (0.8)

8 (1.6)

2 (0.4)

13 (2.3)

1 (0.2)

9 (1.7)

 

Self-rated religious affiliation categories: n (%)

Very important

827 (26.5)

106 (20.8)

199 (38.9)

116 (23.5)

186 (33.5)

75 (14.5)

145 (27.0)

.001

 

Somewhat important

957 (30.6)

179 (35.2)

157 (30.7)

151 (30.6)

168 (30.3)

126 (24.3)

176 (32.7)

 
 

Not very important

660 (21.1)

117 (23.0)

85 (16.6)

105 (21.3)

127 (22.9)

144 (27.7)

82 (15.2)

 
 

Not at all important

682 (21.8)

107 (21.0)

70 (13.7)

122 (24.7)

74 (13.3)

174 (22.5)

135 (25.1)