Table 2 Participant characteristics by country
England | Flanders | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | All countries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1351 | N = 1269 | N = 1363 | N = 1352 | N = 1356 | N = 1286 | N = 1367 | N = 9344 | |
Age | ||||||||
Mean in years (SD) | 54.18 (16.27) | 52.18 (14.27) | 47.06 (15.71) | 48.67 (15.92) | 54.53 (14.62) | 50.10 (16.85) | 48.08 (16.45) | 50·68 (16·00) |
16-29 | 8.0% | 7.5% | 15.8% | 15.0% | 4.7% | 13.8% | 15.4% | 11.5% |
30-39 | 11.3% | 10.2% | 14.6% | 14.1% | 9.7% | 14.4% | 16.1% | 12.9% |
40-49 | 19.1% | 22.3% | 26.8% | 20.4% | 22.3% | 18.9% | 21.0% | 21.6% |
50-59 | 19.4% | 27.0% | 20.3% | 23.1% | 24.2% | 20.1% | 22.2% | 22.2% |
60-69 | 23.8% | 21.9% | 13.7% | 17.7% | 23.6% | 18.5% | 14.9% | 19.1% |
70+ | 18.3% | 11.0% | 8.8% | 9.7% | 15.4% | 14.3% | 10.5% | 12.6% |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 63.9% | 65.6% | 58.0% | 72.0% | 65.8% | 69.4% | 68.4% | 66.1% |
Living arrangements | ||||||||
Living alone | 24.2% | 15.6% | 20.8% | 10.5% | 21.8% | 10.6% | 11.5% | 16.5% |
Urbanisation level | ||||||||
Big city or suburbs/outskirts | 37.1% | 22.8% | 40.9% | 19.9% | 26.8% | 50.0% | 23.7% | 31.5% |
Town or small city | 36.7% | 17.7% | 30.8% | 39.0% | 23.0% | 28.6% | 43.1% | 31.4% |
Country village | 21.3% | 46.6% | 22.1% | 38.6% | 42.7% | 17.2% | 29.4% | 31.1% |
Farm or home in countryside | 4.9% | 13.0% | 6.2% | 2.5% | 7.6% | 4.2% | 3.8% | 6.0% |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married or with a partner | 61.3% | 75.7% | 58.1% | 63.8% | 69.2% | 63.6% | 62.2% | 64.8% |
Divorced or separated | 13.1% | 8.0% | 11.3% | 6.4% | 8.2% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 8.8% |
Widowed | 9.8% | 7.6% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 10.5% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
Single | 15.8% | 8.8% | 24.5% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 20.7% | 22.1% | 18.2% |
Religion | ||||||||
With a religion or denomination | 57.9% | 52.9% | 57.0% | 81.6% | 45.6% | 79.6% | 71.0% | 63.6% |
Health | ||||||||
Very good | 42.0% | 38.6% | 22.9% | 22.6% | 22.3% | 13.3% | 21.5% | 26.1% |
Good | 39.8% | 46.0% | 51.5% | 47.6% | 55.3% | 38.1% | 41.1% | 45.7% |
Fair | 14.2% | 13.9% | 21.3% | 28.0% | 18.8% | 43.6% | 32.0% | 24.5% |
Bad | 3.5% | 1.3% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 3.6% | 4.9% | 3.1% |
Very bad | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
Experience of illness, death and dying | ||||||||
Diagnosed with seriously illness in last 5 years | 12.8% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 8.4% | 10.1% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 10.1% |
Close relative/friend seriously ill in last 5 years | 63.1% | 60.6% | 64.1% | 67.4% | 71.8% | 57.5% | 68.2% | 64.8% |
Death of close relative/friend in last 5 years | 70.6% | 69.9% | 69.4% | 69.3% | 76.7% | 60.9% | 74.4% | 70.3% |
Cared for close relative/friend in last months of life | 50.6% | 49.9% | 48.0% | 60.8% | 52.0% | 53.2% | 57.0% | 53.1% |