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Table 1 Sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and proportions with perceived stress in the deprived neighbourhoods and the general population

From: Associations between perceived stress, socioeconomic status, and health-risk behaviour in deprived neighbourhoods in Denmark: a cross-sectional study

 

Study population, % (n)

Proportion with perceived stress, %

 

Deprived neighbourhoods

General population

Deprived neighbourhoods

General population

Total

5113

14,686

33.6

26.7

Sex

 Men

45.8

2342

45.8

6731

30.3

22.9

 Women

54.2

2771

54.2

7955

36.5

30.5

Age (years)

 18–24

9.0

460

8.1

1192

39.6

31.6

 25–44

33.9

1734

28.6

4197

40.3

25.3

 45–64

35.0

1791

39.1

5743

33.6

24.4

  ≥ 65

22.0

1126

24.2

3554

20.9

30.8

Ethnic background

 Danish

82.8

4235

94.1

13,812

31.3

25.5

 Western

2.1

106

2.7

396

34.0

32.9

    Non-Western

15.1

772

3.3

478

47.4

42.5

Cohabitation status

 Cohabiting

44.7

2287

73.5

10,531

30.4

23.6

 Living alone

55.3

2826

26.5

3798

36.3

32.4

Highest educational level

 No education/Basic school

32.6

1664

11.4

1624

35.6

37.9

 Upper secondary or vocational school

36.0

1837

34.7

4929

31.7

25.5

 Short-cycle higher education

10.0

508

11.7

1659

34.7

24.1

 Medium-cycle higher education

11.0

610

19.5

2773

30.7

21.0

 Long-cycle higher education

3.5

179

11.1

1585

29.3

19.4

 Other educationa

6.0

307

11.6

1656

41.5

34.7

Employment status

 Employed

 41.3

2108

57.3

8057

28.8

20.5

    Unemployed

14.7

752

3.1

440

51.7

43.7

 Disability pensioner

9.9

504

3.8

529

49.5

57.9

 Other non-employedb

34.1

1743

35.8

5043

27.3

31.1

Socioeconomic status (SES)1

 Low SES

23.3

1191

9.8

1414

38.0

42.6

 Medium/high SES

76.7

3920

90.2

13,095

32.4

25.0

  1. aIncluding “Still attending school”
  2. bOthers (E.g. student, early retirement/age pensioners)
  3. 1Based on highest educational level and employment status