Table 1 Response rate according to sex, age, marital status, and ethnic background among the sample. Percentages
From: The Danish health and morbidity surveys: study design and participant characteristics
Response rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
2010 | 2013 | 2017 | |
Total | 60.1 | 57.1 | 56.1 |
Men | |||
16–24y | 41.5 | 40.8 | 39.6 |
25–44y | 49.0 | 43.9 | 40.8 |
45–64y | 61.7 | 57.8 | 57.1 |
≥65y | 69.3 | 65.2 | 66.3 |
All men | 56.4 | 52.9 | 51.6 |
Women | |||
16–24y | 58.5 | 54.1 | 52.7 |
25–44y | 62.4 | 57.9 | 55.0 |
45–64y | 70.2 | 66.7 | 66.6 |
≥65y | 63.8 | 60.7 | 63.3 |
All women | 64.9 | 61.1 | 60.6 |
Marital status | |||
Married | 68.5 | 64.6 | 64.4 |
Divorced | 56.8 | 53.8 | 54.8 |
Widowed | 56.6 | 53.1 | 55.0 |
Unmarried | 50.3 | 47.6 | 46.2 |
Ethnic bacground | |||
Danish | 63.3 | 59.8 | 58.9 |
Western | 42.1 | 40.5 | 40.7 |
Non-Western | 33.7 | 29.4 | 33.2 |
Sample size | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
No. of respondents | 15,165 | 14,265 | 14,022 |