Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
Young | Adults | Elderly | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mental health | Poor | Good | Poor | Good | Poor | Good |
n (%) | 620 (22.70) | 2111 (77.30) | 1592 (18.22) | 7147 (81.78) | 723 (15.18) | 4040 (84.82) |
Outcome | ||||||
Antidepressants | 82 (13.23) | 77 (3.65) | 197 (12.37) | 303 (4.24) | 100 (13.83) | 152 (3.76) |
Sedatives | 27 (4.35) | 45 (2.13) | 95 (5.97) | 228 (3.19) | 53 (7.33) | 209 (5.17) |
Utilization of psychologist | 28 (4.52) | 47 (2.23) | 17 (1.07) | 53 (0.74) | < 3a | < 3a |
Died | < 3a | < 3a | 10 (0.63) | 25 (0.35) | 53 (7.33) | 120 (2.97) |
Age (years), mean (SD) | 21 (3.70) | 21 (3.72) | 44 (8.14) | 45 (8.09) | 67 (6.32) | 67 (5.81) |
Women | 379 (61.13) | 1032 (48.89) | 932 (58.54) | 3649 (51.06) | 358 (49.52) | 1867 (46.21) |
Men | 241 (38.87) | 1079 (51.11) | 660 (41.46) | 3498 (48.94) | 365 (50.48) | 2173 (53.79) |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Danish | 596 (96.13) | 2058 (97.49) | 1512 (94.97) | 6995 (97.87) | 701 (96.96) | 3979 (98.49) |
Immigrants | 24 (3.87) | 53 (2.51) | 80 (5.03) | 152 (2.13) | 22 (3.04) | 61 (1.51) |
Marital status | ||||||
Married/cohabiting | 428 (69.03) | 1580 (74.85) | 1235 (77.58) | 6180 (86.47) | 494 (68.33) | 3234 (80.05) |
Living alone | 192 (30.97) | 531 (25.15) | 357 (22.42) | 967 (13.53) | 229 (31.67) | 806 (19.95) |
Education level | ||||||
Basic school | 362 (58.39) | 1192 (56.47) | 340 (21.36) | 1217 (17.03) | 349 (48.27) | 1584 (39.21) |
High school | 132 (21.29) | 435 (20.61) | 56 (3.52) | 254 (3.55) | 8 (1.11) | 35 (0.87) |
Vocational education | 78 (12.58) | 296 (14.02) | 698 (43.84) | 3383 (47.33) | 273 (37.76) | 1576 (39.01) |
Short/medium education | 43 (6.94) | 155 (7.34) | 401 (25.19) | 1834 (25.66) | 83 (11.48) | 695 (17.20) |
Long/high education | 5 (0.81) | 33 (1.56) | 97 (6.09) | 459 (6.42) | 10 (1.38) | 150 (3.71) |
Income | ||||||
Low | 296 (47.74) | 950 (45.00) | 33 (2.07) | 107 (1.50) | 33 (4.56) | 158 (3.91) |
Middle | 166 (26.77) | 584 (27.66) | 194 (12.19) | 332 (4.65) | 452 (62.52) | 1997 (49.43) |
High | 158 (25.48) | 577 (27.33) | 1365 (85.74) | 6708 (93.86) | 238 (32.92) | 1885 (46.66) |
Occupational status | ||||||
Employed | 282 (45.48) | 1162 (55.05) | 1151 (72.30) | 6300 (88.15) | 69 (9.54) | 850 (21.04) |
Unemployed | 15 (2.42) | 54 (2.56) | 101 (6.34) | 384 (5.37) | 6 (0.83) | 21 (0.52) |
Student | 272 (43.87) | 838 (39.70) | 31 (1.95) | 84 (1.18) | < 3a | < 3a |
Economically inactive | 51 (8.23) | 57 (2.70) | 309 (19.41) | 379 (5.30) | 646 (89.35) | 3165 (78.34) |
Health behaviour | ||||||
Smokers | 206 (33.23) | 453 (21.46) | 473 (29.71) | 1571 (21.98) | 189 (26.14) | 746 (18.47) |
Physically inactive | 108 (17.42) | 227 (10.75) | 360 (22.61) | 887 (12.41) | 197 (27.25) | 477 (11.81) |