Sociodemographic characteristics by ethnic background of 23 371 persons of The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey Minimum DataSet
| Dutch n=22 360 | Indonesian n=519 | Surinamese n=214 | Moroccan n=137 | Turkish n=141 | P values* | |
| Age in years (mean, SD) | 78.0 (6.8) | 78.7 (7.3) | 72.0 (9.2) | 67.4 (8.5) | 65.9 (7.6) | <0.001 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.003 | |||||
| Male | 9251 (41.4) | 193 (37.2) | 85 (39.7) | 45 (32.8) | 41 (29.1) | |
| Female | 13 109 (58.6) | 326 (62.8) | 129 (60.3) | 92 (67.2) | 100 (70.9) | |
| Living arrangement, n (%) | ||||||
| Alone | 9961 (44.5) | 256 (49.3) | 126 (58.9) | 32 (23.4) | 24 (17.0) | <0.001 |
| With others | 12 399 (55.5) | 263 (50.7) | 88 (41.1) | 105 (76.6) | 117 (83.0) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||
| Married/cohabitant partners | 12 053 (53.9) | 242 (46.6) | 75 (35.0) | 97 (70.8) | 109 (77.3) | <0.001 |
| Divorced | 1371 (6.1) | 50 (9.6) | 45 (21.0) | 13 (9.5) | 7 (5.0) | |
| Widowed | 7901 (35.3) | 192 (37.0) | 61 (28.5) | 26 (19.0) | 22 (15.6) | |
| Single | 1035 (4.6) | 35 (6.7) | 33 (15.4) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.1) | |
| Generation of immigration | <0.001 | |||||
| First generation | NA | 432 (83.2) | 206 (96.3) | 135 (98.5) | 141 (100.0) | |
| Second generation | NA | 87 (16.8) | 8 (3.7) | 2 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Education level, n (%) | <0.001 | |||||
| Secondary or higher | 15 023 (67.2) | 420 (80.8) | 135 (63.1) | 18 (13.1) | 10 (7.3) | |
| Primary or less | 7337 (32.8) | 99 (19.2) | 79 (36.9) | 119 (86.9) | 129 (92.7) | |
| SES neighbourhood, n (%) | ||||||
| First quartile | 6395 (28.6) | 174 (33.5) | 22 (10.3) | 7 (5.1) | 9 (6.4) | <0.001 |
| Second quartile | 6010 (26.9) | 130 (25.0) | 35 (16.4) | 4 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Third quartile | 4733 (21.2) | 98 (18.9) | 22 (10.3) | 12 (8.8) | 23 (16.3) | |
| Fourth quartile | 5222 (23.3) | 116 (22.5) | 135 (63.1) | 113 (82.5) | 109 (77.3) |
↵*P values are based on χ2 test for categorical variables and one-way analysis of variance for continues variables. Missing N (%) for variables: age=574 (2%); sex=9 (<1%); living arrangement=0 (0%); marital status=49 (<1%); generation of immigration=0 (0%); education level=193 (1%); SES neighbourhood=386 (2%).
NA, not applicable; SES, socioeconomic status.