Table 1 Sociodemographic differences between the sample groups (for baseline samples: web and paper respondents; for longitudinal samples: web, mix and paper respondents among those that answered all three waves)
From: Going web or staying paper? The use of web-surveys among older people
Characteristics measured at baseline | HEARTS baseline web sample (n = 4068) | HEARTS baseline paper sample (n = 1845) | P-value | HEARTS longitudinal web sample (n = 2510) | HEARTS longitudinal mix sample (n = 1065) | P-value | HEARTS longitudinal paper sample (n = 369) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||||||
Mean age | 63.1 | 63.2 | 0.075 | 63.1 | 63.3 | 0.011 | 63.5 | < 0.001 |
Sex | ||||||||
Women | 51.4 | 59.2 | < 0.001 | 50.6 | 60.4 | < 0.001 | 63.5 | < 0.001 |
Education | ||||||||
Primary or below | 12.1 | 23.5 | 10.5 | 14.5 | 28.0 | |||
Secondary | 32.7 | 37.2 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 40.4 | |||
Tertiary | 55.3 | 39.4 | < 0.001 | 57.7 | 52.6 | 0.001 | 31.6 | < 0.001 |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married/partner | 75.1 | 68.4 | < 0.001 | 77.4 | 75.2 | 0.313 | 57.5 | < 0.001 |
Country of birth | ||||||||
Other than Sweden | 10.7 | 13.2 | 0.008 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 0.414 | 10.8 | 0.290 |
Retirement status | ||||||||
Fully retired | 20.5 | 25.3 | < 0.001 | 20.9 | 23.1 | 0.159 | 32.9 | < 0.001 |