Table 2

Response for DMC₃-study (mail survey) and NetHIS (interview survey) by demographic characteristics available from the sample frame

		DMC₃-study				NetHIS
		Sample Number				Response		Sample Number		Response interview				Response questionnaire^2-150
		Sample Number				Number	%	Sample Number		Number	%			Number	%
Total	7818	3665	46.9		10378	6061	58.4		4970	47.9
Men	3942	1641	41.6		4969	2907	58.5		2395	48.2
Women	3876	2024	52.2		5410	3154	58.3		2575	47.6
Age group (y)
25–44	2552	1178	46.2		4760	2799	58.8		2288	48.1
45–64	2741	1348	49.2		3629	2130	58.7		1795	49.5
65+	2613	1139	43.6		1989	1132	56.9		887	44.6
Marital status
Not married	1338	475	35.5		2076	1005	48.4		817	39.4
Married	5172	2626	50.8		6780	4278	63.1		3573	52.7
Widow	760	327	43.0		765	408	53.3		284	37.1
Divorced	548	237	43.2		737	370	50.2		296	40.2
Region of living^2-151
North	872	405	46.4		1130	697	61.7		572	50.6
West	3179	1453	45.7		4641	2432	52.4		2000	43.1
East	1770	831	46.9		2192	1414	64.5		1165	53.1
South	1997	976	48.9		2410	1518	63.0		1233	51.2

↵2-150 These are the numbers of the persons who participated in the interview and also returned the supplement paper questionnaire.
↵2-151 The Netherlands is divided into 12 provinces. Three provinces are combined to one region.