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Table 1 Distribution (in %) of baseline characteristics among persons living in neighborhoods with very low or high informal socializing and very low or high voting turnout

From: Neighborhood social capital is associated with participation in health checks of a general population: a multilevel analysis of a population-based lifestyle intervention- the Inter99 study

 

Informal socializing

Voting turnout

 

Very low

High

Very low

High

Gender

    

  Men

50

50

51

50

  Women

50

50

49

50

P-value

0.921

0.084

Age

    

  30 or 35

32

27

33

25

  40, 45 or 50

37

38

38

38

  55 or 60

31

35

29

37

P-value

<0.001

<0.001

Education

    

  Basic

36

24

37

23

  Low

50

56

49

56

  Middle

10

14

10

16

  High

4

6

4

5

P-value

<0.001

<0.001

Income

    

  I-Lowest quartile

31

17

34

16

  II

26

23

26

23

  III

24

27

23

26

  IV-Highest quartile

19

33

17

35

P-value

<0.001

<0.001

Employment status

    

  Out of workforce

24

11

27

10

  Wage earner

76

89

73

90

P-value

<0.001

<0.001

Neighborhood deprivation

    

  High

36

0

69

0

  Middle

49

30

23

0

  Low

15

16

3

19

  Very low

0

59

0

81

P-value

<0.001

<0.001