Differences in response rate, self-reported health, occupation, and association between occupation and self-reported health between countries
| Country | AT | BE | BG | CY | CZ | DK | EE | FI | FR | DE | GR | HU | IE | IT | LV | LT | LU | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SK | SI | ES | SE | TR | GB | p |
| Response rate (%) | 63.9 | 70.4 | 81.0 | 82.4 | 75.1 | 52.4 | 68.8 | 91.2 | 83.4 | 91.2 | 39.6 | 75.1 | 32.5 | 63.1 | 72.8 | 64.1 | 66.1 | 91.0 | 62.0 | 66.4 | 59.8 | 55.7 | 51.0 | 61.6 | 30.3 | 53.6 | 37.0 | 79.2 | |
| Men | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor self-reported health (%) | 13.8 | 14.8 | 18.3 | 2.4 | 18.0 | 8.5 | 44.5 | 22.2 | 13.1 | 22.6 | 7.4 | 26.9 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 42.8 | 42.5 | 18.4 | 11.1 | 23.1 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 27.5 | 10.5 | 22.8 | 13.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 16.0 | ** |
| Occupation (%) | ** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers, professionals | 13.5 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 12.2 | 8.6 | 11.3 | 16.0 | 9.4 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 18.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 11.4 | 17.0 | 5.4 | 16.7 | |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 38.3 | 46.5 | 30.3 | 42.1 | 29.8 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 33.7 | 36.0 | 34.8 | 41.2 | 23.6 | 30.5 | 38.7 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 30.5 | 39.7 | 33.5 | 24.8 | 29.4 | 25.9 | 28.9 | 26.2 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 38.4 | 36.8 | |
| Clerical support workers | 8.5 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 12.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 7.5 | |
| Service and sales workers | 11.7 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 20.1 | 19.6 | 15.1 | 16.8 | 21.8 | 15.4 | 7.8 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 7.4 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 16.4 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 18.1 | 5.9 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 17.9 | 12.1 | 16.5 | 21.9 | 12.8 | 5.8 | |
| Manual workers | 28.0 | 27.4 | 49.2 | 24.4 | 37.1 | 36.4 | 37.8 | 27.2 | 31.1 | 38.7 | 28.1 | 51.1 | 52.4 | 14.9 | 42.3 | 47.0 | 27.6 | 19.6 | 27.2 | 59.4 | 43.6 | 39.2 | 38.6 | 42.3 | 34.3 | 24.7 | 39.9 | 33.3 | |
| Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poor self-reported health (%) | 16.2 | 16.6 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 19.6 | 13.5 | 44.1 | 21.6 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 10.3 | 28.5 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 55.7 | 58.1 | 20.3 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 29.4 | 40.6 | 40.4 | 10.8 | 25.8 | 14.9 | 20.9 | 27.1 | 13.4 | ** |
| Occupation (%) | ** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers, professionals | 11.6 | 7.0 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 18.1 | 7.0 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 16.8 | 10.9 | 13.2 | 16.9 | 20.2 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 19.1 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 10.1 | |
| Technicians and associate professionals | 20.1 | 50.2 | 34.7 | 44.9 | 18.9 | 21.1 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 35.3 | 22.9 | 36.8 | 19.4 | 28.6 | 39.8 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 24.6 | 34.2 | 19.3 | 29.3 | 23.1 | 20.6 | 24.6 | 22.4 | 33.5 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 30.7 | |
| Clerical support workers | 23.1 | 12.1 | 8.8 | 0.6 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 5.5 | 23.7 | 14.0 | 26.2 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 14.5 | 24.1 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 26.1 | 31.7 | 24.2 | 18.6 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 14.3 | 16.8 | |
| Service and sales workers | 25.8 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 29.9 | 24.8 | 34.0 | 24.2 | 34.5 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 15.7 | 13.4 | 16.1 | 9.8 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 38.5 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 17.5 | 21.4 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 27.0 | 2.9 | 13.9 | |
| Manual workers | 19.4 | 16.3 | 38.6 | 15.6 | 28.2 | 18.8 | 28.0 | 8.0 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 27.6 | 34.7 | 29.8 | 13.2 | 26.5 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 40.1 | 48.7 | 29.9 | 24.0 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 11.2 | 25.7 | 28.5 | |
| OR of poor health† | 2.58* | 2.03 | 4.96* | 1.23 | 2.62 | 1.21 | 2.35 | 2.83* | 1.47 | 3.24* | 3.65 | 2.53* | 2.10 | 8.02 | 1.51 | 1.74 | 10.91 | 0.52 | 1.92 | 3.09* | 1.50 | 2.85* | 3.10 | 3.24* | 0.91 | 1.17 | 0.80 | 1.47 | |
For country codes, see online appendix 1.
χ2 test/logistic regression analysis: *p<0.05; **p<0.0001.
↵† OR adjusted for sex and age (manual workers vs managers), each country being studied separately.