Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study samples

	Czech Republic		Russia		Poland		Hungary		Germany		UK
	N = 3920	% poor health	N = 4515	% poor health	N = 4181	% poor health	N = 1449	% poor health	N = 1805	% poor health	N = 2624	% poor health
Age (years)
<49	1277	4.9	1309	11.5	1424	4	972	3.9	612	11.1	ND	ND
⩾50	2643	6.1	3206	14.2	2757	7.5	477	9	1193	13.1	2624	4.7
p Value (χ² test)		0.08		0.02		<0.001		<0.001		0.2		ND
Education
Primary	235	11.5	208	13.5	179	10.6	186	12.4	93	28	197	8.6
Secondary	2958	5.8	2749	14.9	2230	6.5	966	5.3	1217	12.8	1080	5
University	727	3.2	1558	10.7	1772	5.6	297	2.4	495	8.5	1347	3.9
p Value (χ² test)		<0.001		<0.001		0.02		<0.001		<0.001		0.01
Occupation
Non-manager	2483	6.4	3274	14.4	2475	6.6	1145	6	1222	14.6	175	6.3
Manager	1061	4.1	1161	10.8	1240	4.8	164	2.4	332	8.4	2449	4.6
Self-employed	376	5.1	80	8.8	466	9.0	140	5.7	251	6.8	ND	ND
p Value (χ² test)		0.03		0.003		0.004		0.17		<0.001		0.31
Sex
Male	2017	6.4	2296	8.6	2241	6.2	634	5.4	1065	9.6	2002	4.3
Female	1903	4.9	2219	18.3	1940	6.4	815	5.8	740	16.5	622	6.1
p Value (χ² test)		0.04		<0.001		0.82		0.74		<0.001		0.06

ND, no data.