Table 1 Descriptive information of study participants (n, %)
| Demographics and socioeconomic variables on Degree-of-worry (DOW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Total n = 6869 (%) |
Low (1–3) n = 4243 (61.8) |
High (4–5) n = 2626 (38.2) | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 4007 | 2456 (61.3) | 1551 (38.7) |
| Male | 2862 | 1787 (62.4) | 1075 (37.6) |
| Age (year) | |||
| Mean, SD | 46.5 ± 20.0 | 43.4 ± 18.7 | 51.6 ± 20.9 |
| 18–30 | 1920 | 1354 (70.5) | 566 (29.5) |
| 31–40 | 1175 | 836 (71.1) | 339 (28.9) |
| 41–50 | 1072 | 681 (63.5) | 391 (36.5) |
| 51–60 | 915 | 527 (57,6) | 388 (42.4) |
| 61–70 | 694 | 360 (51,9) | 334 (48.1) |
| 71–80 | 639 | 292 (45.7) | 347 (54.3) |
| > 80 | 454 | 193 (42.5) | 261 (57.5) |
| Educational level | |||
| Low | 1763 | 968 (54.9) | 795 (45.1) |
| Middle | 2820 | 1773 (62.9) | 1047 (37.1) |
| High | 1990 | 1349 (67.8) | 641 (32.2) |
| Missing | 296 | 153 (51.7) | 143 (48.3) |
| Household income, DKK | |||
| Low (< 189,460) | 2211 | 1218 (55.1) | 993 (44.9) |
| Middle (189,460-291,175) | 1978 | 1225 (61.9) | 753 (38.1) |
| High (> 291,175) | 1940 | 1300 (67.0) | 640 (33.0) |
| Missing | 740 | 500 (67.6) | 240 (32.4) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/cohabiting | 3847 | 2450 (63.7) | 1397 (36.3) |
| Single | 3022 | 1793 (59.3) | 1229 (40.7) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Danish | 5710 | 3678 (64.4) | 2032 (35.6) |
| Non-Danish Western | 287 | 170 (59.2) | 117 (40.8) |
| Non-Western | 872 | 395 (45.3) | 477 (54.7) |