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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of respondents to the North Denmark Region Health Survey 2010. For categorical variables, n and column percent are presented. For continous variables, mean and SD are presented. Results are stratified by gender

From: Social capital and frequent attenders in general practice: a register-based cohort study

Variable

Level

Female (n = 12,097)

Male (n = 11,287)

Total (n = 23,384)

P-val

Age

Mean (sd)

50.8 (18.2)

50.8 (18.0)

50.8 (18.1)

0.769

Educational Level

Primary education

4446 (37.6)

3765 (34.1)

8211 (35.9)

 
 

Upper secondary / vocational training

4440 (37.6)

5184 (47.0)

9624 (42.1)

 
 

Bachelor’s degree and higher education

2935 (24.8)

2084 (18.9)

5019 (22.0)

< 0.001

 

Missing

276

254

530

 

Income quartile

Lowest Quartile

3149 (26.0)

2698 (23.9)

5847 (25.0)

 
 

Second Quartile

3046 (25.2)

2798 (24.8)

5844 (25.0)

 
 

Third Quartile

2953 (24.4)

2893 (25.6)

5846 (25.0)

 
 

Highest Quartile

2949 (24.4)

2898 (25.7)

5847 (25.0)

< 0.001

SF 12 physical component summary score

Mean (sd)

48.8 (10.9)

49.6 (9.5)

49.2 (10.2)

< 0.001

 

Missing

1933

1362

3295

 

SF12 mental component summary score

Mean (sd)

55.2 (9.8)

57.2 (8.8)

56.2 (9.4)

< 0.001

 

Missing

1933

1362

3295

 

Number of general practice consultations

median (interquartile range)

21 (25)

13 (21)

17 (24)