Socioeconomic characteristics of the study population by ethnicity and sex
| Dutch | Moroccan | Turkish | African Surinamese | South-Asian Surinamese | Ghanaian | |
| Total sample size n=22 929 (%) | n=4598 (20.1%) | n=4262 (18.6%) | n=3985 (17.4%) | n=4369 (19.1%) | n=3320 (14.5%) | n=2395 (10.5%) |
| Men n=9745 | n=2115 | n=1601 | n=1800 | n=1764 | n=1536 | n=929 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 46.9 (13.8) | 41.5 (12.9) | 40.2 (12.4) | 47.5 (13.4) | 44.3 (13.8) | 46.2 (12.0) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Higher vocational/university | 1257 (59.4) | 297 (18.6) | 278 (15.4) | 312 (17.7) | 360 (23.4) | 85 (9.2) |
| Intermediate vocational/higher secondary | 497 (23.5) | 539 (33.7) | 527 (29.3) | 608 (34.5) | 484 (31.5) | 283 (30.5) |
| Lower vocational or secondary and below | 361 (17.1) | 765 (47.8) | 995 (55.3) | 844 (47.9) | 692 (45.1) | 561 (60.4) |
| Occupation, n (%) | ||||||
| Unemployed | 124 (5.9) | 271 (17.0) | 285 (16.1) | 323 (18.5) | 227 (15.0) | 158 (16.1) |
| Not in the working force* | 338 (16.0) | 127 (8.0) | 129 (7.3) | 195 (11.2) | 180 (11.9) | 66 (7.2) |
| Incapacitated† | 57 (2.7) | 166 (10.4) | 158 (8.9) | 132 (7.6) | 126 (8.3) | 51 (5.5) |
| Employed at elementary/lower occupational level | 186 (8.8) | 515 (32.3) | 681 (38.3) | 529 (30.4) | 389 (25.6) | 517 (56.1) |
| Employed at middle to graduate occupational level | 1370 (64.8) | 452 (28.4) | 462 (26.0) | 510 (29.3) | 555 (36.6) | 94 (10.2) |
| Employed but unknown occupational level‡ | 38 (1.8) | 63 (4.0) | 61 (3.4) | 54 (3.1) | 41 (2.7) | 35 (3.8) |
| Women n=13 184 | n=2483 | n=2661 | n=2185 | n=2605 | n=1784 | n=1466 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.4 (14.2) | 38.6 (13.0) | 39.5 (12.4) | 47.5 (12.4) | 45.7 (13.3) | 42.9 (11.0) |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Higher vocational/university | 1522 (61.3) | 439 (16.5) | 304 (13.9) | 672 (25.8) | 390 (21.9) | 66 (4.5) |
| Intermediate vocational/higher secondary | 516 (20.8) | 633 (29.0) | 923 (34.7) | 958 (36.8) | 513 (28.8) | 333 (22.7) |
| Lower vocational or secondary and below | 445 (17.9) | 1299 (48.8) | 1248 (57.1) | 975 (37.4) | 881 (49.4) | 1067 (72.8) |
| Occupation, n (%) | ||||||
| Unemployed | 130 (5.3) | 389 (14.8) | 300 (13.9) | 385 (14.9) | 277 (15.7) | 408 (28.4) |
| Not in the working force* | 465 (18.8) | 1048 (39.9) | 792 (36.8) | 323 (12.5) | 297 (16.8) | 115 (8.0) |
| Incapacitated† | 84 (3.4) | 177 (6.7) | 199 (9.2) | 267 (10.3) | 179 (10.1) | 161 (11.2) |
| Employed at elementary/lower occupational level | 240 (9.7) | 349 (13.3) | 380 (17.6) | 417 (16.1) | 371 (21.0) | 611 (42.6) |
| Employed at middle to graduate occupational level | 1532 (61.9) | 607 (23.1) | 615 (34.8) | 1121 (43.4) | 615 (34.8) | 104 (7.3) |
| Employed but unknown occupational level‡ | 25 (1.0) | 59 (2.2) | 31 (1.8) | 73 (2.8) | 31 (1.8) | 36 (2.5) |
*Retired or student or full-time homeworker.
†disabled or unfit for work.
‡Working but did not provide sufficient information when describing their jobs.