Table 3 Proportion of respondents rating “being a burden to others” as 1 st or 2 nd most concerning problem (crude percentages by variables of interest)
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 age of people who are concerned of being a burden (vs. others) | 54.1 vs. 53.5 | 54.0 vs 51.3 | 48.1 vs 46.1 | 48.7 vs 47.3 | 56.4 vs 53.3 | 49.3 vs 48.7 | 48.7 vs 46.2 | 50.7 vs. 49.8 |
Age bands | ** | * | ** | * | * | |||
16–29 | 52.8% | 20.7% | 42.7% | 47.2% | 23.0% | 39.6% | 57.7% | 43.9% |
30–39 | 52.7% | 16.2% | 39.1% | 56.3% | 19.7% | 42.4% | 58.0% | 42.8% |
40–49 | 51.4% | 22.1% | 38.2% | 54.5% | 18.7% | 37.6% | 62.4% | 40.2% |
50–59 | 47.3% | 28.6% | 45.5% | 50.2% | 24.8% | 42.9% | 63.0% | 42.6% |
60–69 | 50.2% | 27.8% | 48.1% | 60.6% | 26.8% | 41.4% | 64.0% | 44.1% |
70+ | 57.5% | 31.1% | 48.7% | 52.5% | 33.0% | 44.1% | 69.4% | 48.1% |
Gender | ** | * | ||||||
Male | 53.8% | 26.2% | 47.7% | 53.1% | 24.0% | 44.4% | 63.6% | 44.7% |
Female | 50.2% | 26.8% | 39.2% | 52.1% | 25.0% | 40.6% | 60.7% | 42.5% |
Living arrangements | * | * | ** | |||||
Living alone | 53.4% | 26.1% | 43.1% | 52.7% | 24.7% | 31.9% | 61.3% | 43.9% |
Living with others | 45.6% | 28.2% | 41.3% | 50.0% | 24.9% | 42.9% | 63.4% | 39.7% |
Urbanisation level | ** | |||||||
Big city or suburbs/outskirts | 53.6% | 25.8% | 41.3% | 55.5% | 22.9% | 43.3% | 61.6% | 43.6% |
Town or small city | 51.7% | 30.0% | 40.9% | 50.2% | 24.2% | 39.8% | 61.7% | 45.8% |
Country village | 47.5% | 24.9% | 46.0% | 54.6% | 24.8% | 41.1% | 62.2% | 40.9% |
Farm or home in countryside | 53.1% | 29.7% | 50.0% | 31.3% | 31.6% | 38.8% | 56.5% | 39.4% |
Marital status | * | ** | ||||||
Married or with partner | 54.4% | 25.9% | 43.6% | 54.1% | 24.2% | 43.2% | 64.4% | 43.6% |
Divorced or separated | 47.0% | 34.7% | 43.4% | 52.5% | 28.0% | 36.8% | 59.4% | 43.3% |
Widowed | 52.5% | 29.8% | 50.0% | 55.8% | 31.3% | 35.6% | 66.3% | 45.6% |
Single | 44.0% | 22.9% | 37.7% | 46.8% | 20.4% | 41.4% | 53.1% | 40.9% |
Religion | ** | |||||||
Yes | 51.3% | 28.2% | 42.3% | 52.4% | 22.9% | 41.1% | 60.9% | 44.5% |
No | 51.9% | 25.2% | 43.3% | 51.8% | 26.1% | 44.6% | 63.3% | 40.9% |
Education | * | ** | ||||||
Less than primary education | 52.8% | 16.0% | 0% | 66.7% | 23.8% | 36.4% | 60.7% | 49.8% |
Primary to secondary education | 53.2% | 23.9% | 43.6% | 53.7% | 25.3% | 41.0% | 64.1% | 43.9% |
Post secondary to tertiary education | 49.0% | 29.1% | 41.6% | 48.8% | 23.8% | 44.1% | 57.9% | 41.2% |
Activities in last seven days | ||||||||
Paid work | * | ** | ||||||
Yes | 53.3% | 25.8% | 42.2% | 51.4% | 21.9% | 42.2% | 61.5% | 41.8% |
No | 50.1% | 27.5% | 43.3% | 53.1% | 28.0% | 41.3% | 61.7% | 44.6% |
In education | ||||||||
Yes | 50.6% | 24.2% | 39.8% | 46.6% | 33.3% | 39.8% | 56.6% | 42.6% |
No | 51.7% | 26.8% | 43.0% | 53.0% | 24.2% | 41.9% | 62.3% | 43.3% |
Retired | ||||||||
Yes | 51.2% | 29.5% | 46.0% | 55.6% | 28.5% | 40.7% | 63.9% | 44.5% |
No | 51.8% | 25.5% | 41.7% | 51.3% | 23.5% | 42.1% | 61.1% | 42.8% |
Financial hardship | * | ** | ||||||
Living comfortably on present income | 50.8% | 29.0% | 42.3% | 50.4% | 26.2% | 43.5% | 60.1% | 40.8% |
Coping on present income | 53.8% | 24.5% | 43.1% | 55.8% | 23.0% | 43.3% | 64.8% | 45.6% |
Difficult on present income | 46.2% | 17.2% | 46.4% | 48.2% | 17.5% | 38.4% | 57.1% | 43.4% |
Very difficult on present income | 54.3% | 0% | 37.5% | 31.6% | 25.0% | 38.1% | 55.7% | 42.6% |
Health | ||||||||
Very good | 52.2% | 28.8% | 43.4% | 46.1% | 25.3% | 44.2% | 59.6% | 42.6% |
Good | 52.5% | 24.9% | 41.2% | 54.3% | 25.0% | 41.1% | 63.3% | 42.4% |
Fair | 46.2% | 25.0% | 47.5% | 54.3% | 25.4% | 41.3% | 62.0% | 45.6% |
Bad | 54.3% | 33.3% | 39.2% | 50.0% | 11.9% | 50.0% | 58.1% | 43.8% |
Very bad | 28.6% | 33.3% | 0% | 66.7% | 25.0% | 29.4% | 28.6% | 28.3% |
Experience of illness, death and dying | ||||||||
Diagnosed with seriously illness in last 5 years | ||||||||
Yes | 52.1% | 23.6% | 46.6% | 49.5% | 27.5% | 40.9% | 60.5% | 41.7% |
No | 51.5% | 27.1% | 42.3% | 52.5% | 24.3% | 41.9% | 61.8% | 43.3% |
Close relative/friend seriously ill in last 5 years | ||||||||
Yes | 52.5% | 26.9% | 41.6% | 52.5% | 25.1% | 40.9% | 60.6% | 43.1% |
No | 49.7% | 25.9% | 44.4% | 51.4% | 23.5% | 43.4% | 64.2% | 43.3% |
Death of close relative/friend in last 5 years | ||||||||
Yes | 50.7% | 27.1% | 43.9% | 51.0% | 25.5% | 43.8% | 61.8% | 43.4% |
No | 53.1% | 25.2% | 40.1% | 55.1% | 21.9% | 38.6% | 61.8% | 42.6% |
Cared for relative/friend in last months of life | * | |||||||
Yes | 50.7% | 29.4% | 43.6% | 52.0% | 26.2% | 39.8% | 62.6% | 44.1% |
No | 52.3% | 24.0% | 42.1% | 52.9% | 23.0% | 44.2% | 60.7% | 42.3% |
Quality or quantity of life | * | ** | ** | |||||
To extend life | 37.0% | 23.8% | 30.0% | 51.4% | 22.9% | 31.4% | 50.0% | 34.1% |
Both equally important | 49.6% | 22.5% | 38.4% | 46.7% | 21.3% | 41.0% | 60.2% | 41.1% |
To improve quality of life | 52.8% | 27.7% | 44.9% | 55.9% | 25.8% | 43.1% | 62.2% | 44.4% |