Table 3 Socio-demographic characteristics of patient sample (N=1,962)
Variables | Number of patients | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | male | 793 (40.9%) |
female* | 1,146 (59.1%) | |
Age (in years) | mean (sd) | 48.7 (16.9) |
Place of birth | Slovenia* | 1,716 (88.5%) |
another country | 222 (11.5%) | |
Mother’s place of birth | Slovenia* | 1,609 (82.7%) |
another country | 334 (17.2%) | |
Language proficiency | fluent/native speaker* | 1,791 (92.7%) |
sufficiently | 100 (5.2%) | |
moderately | 34 (1.8%) | |
poorly | 6 (0.3%) | |
not at all | 2 (0.1%) | |
Educational attainment level | primary or less | 602 (31.2%) |
upper secondary* | 859 (44.5%) | |
post-secondary or higher | 469 (24.3%) | |
Unemployed | yes | 128 (6.6%) |
no* | 1,807 (93.4%) | |
Student | yes | 126 (6.5%) |
no* | 1,809 (93.5%) | |
Retired | yes | 590 (30.5%) |
no* | 1,345 (69.5%) | |
Household income | below average | 628 (32.5%) |
around average* | 1,132 (58.5%) | |
above average | 174 (9.0%) | |
Household with other adults | yes* | 1,540 (79.7%) |
no | 393 (20.3%) | |
Household with children | yes | 659 (34.0%) |
no* | 1,278 (66.0%) | |
Health status | very good | 246 (12.5%) |
good* | 807 (41.2%) | |
fair | 666 (34.0%) | |
poor | 242 (12.3%) | |
Longstanding condition | yes | 901 (46.0%) |
no* | 1,057 (54.0%) | |
Number of visits/consultations | one | 509 (26.7%) |
two | 549 (28.8%) | |
three to five* | 607 (31.8%) | |
six or more | 244 (12.8%) | |