Characteristics of the study population (n, unadjusted, % of study population)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2018 | 2020 | Pooled | |
| Full dataset | 49 865 | 19 576 | 20 338 | 26 422 | 28 199 | 144 400 |
| Excluded (%*) | 1708 (3.4%) | 707 (3.6%) | 900 (4.4%) | 788 (3.0%) | 973 (3.5%) | 5076 (3.5%) |
| Included (study population) | 48 157 | 18 869 | 19 438 | 25 634 | 27 226 | 139 324 |
| Hardship, going short of medications | 4102 (8.5%) | 1619 (8.6%) | 1715 (8.8%) | 2318 (9.0%) | 1804 (6.6%) | 11 558 (8.3%) |
| Hardship, going short of physician visits | 4930 (10.2%) | 1960 (10.4%) | 2064 (10.6%) | 2509 (9.8%) | 2278 (8.4%) | 13 741 (9.9%) |
| Hardship, going short of food | 3854 (8.0%) | 1601 (8.5%) | 1573 (8.1%) | 1838 (7.2%) | 1659(6.1%) | 10 525(7.6%) |
| Hardship, at least one type | 7859 (16.3%) | 3182 (16.9%) | 3314 (17.1%) | 3831 (14.9%) | 3437 (12.6%) | 21 623 (15.5%) |
| Sex, women | 27 611 (57.3%) | 10 831 (57.4%) | 11 092 (57.1%) | 14 495 (56.6%) | 15 297 (56.2%) | 79 326 (56.9%) |
| Sex, men | 20 546 (42.7%) | 8038 (42.6%) | 8346 (42.9%) | 11 139 (43.5%) | 11 929 (43.8%) | 59 998 (43.1%) |
| Age, 20–44 years | 12 559 (26.1%) | 4686 (24.8%) | 4888 (25.1%) | 4201 (16.4%) | 4791 (17.6%) | 31 125 (22.3%) |
| Age, 45–64 years | 16 383 (34.0%) | 6241 (33.1%) | 6363 (32.7%) | 6844 (26.7%) | 7146 (26.3%) | 42 977 (30.9%) |
| Age, 65+ years | 19 215 (39.9%) | 7942 (42.1%) | 8187 (42.1%) | 14 589 (56.9%) | 15 289 (56.2%) | 65 222 (46.8%) |
| Main activity, full-time work | 18 087 (37.6%) | 6823 (36.2%) | 6959 (35.8%) | 6495 (25.3%) | 7517 (27.6%) | 45 881 (32.9%) |
| Main activity, part-time work/retirement | 2000 (4.2%) | 827 (4.4%) | 801 (4.1%) | 812 (3.2%) | 899 (3.3%) | 5339 (3.8%) |
| Main activity, old age retirement | 20 933 (43.5%) | 8569 (45.4%) | 8787 (45.2%) | 15 478 (60.4%) | 15 918 (58.5%) | 69 685 (50.0%) |
| Main activity, disability/illness | 2164 (4.5%) | 716 (3.8%) | 797 (4.1%) | 868 (3.4%) | 823 (3.0%) | 5368 (3.9%) |
| Main activity, unemployed | 2021 (4.2%) | 822 (4.4%) | 920 (4.7%) | 947 (3.7%) | 999 (3.7%) | 5709 (4.1%) |
| Main activity, family† | 962 (2.0%) | 381 (2.0%) | 346 (1.8%) | 293 (1.1%) | 251 (0.9%) | 2233 (1.6%) |
| Main activity, student | 1990 (4.1%) | 731 (3.9%) | 828 (4.3%) | 741 (2.9%) | 819 (3.0%) | 5109 (3.7%) |
*Per cent of full dataset.
†This category was excluded from the analysis of men owing to the low number of observations; thus, the numbers in the table include only women.