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Table 1 General characteristics of respondents and non-respondents

From: Dutch General Practitioners’ weight management policy for overweight and obese patients

Variable

Respondents n = 307 (39.0%)

Non-respondents n = 481 (61.0%)

p-value non-response analysis

Gender a:

   

Male

142 (51.4%)

246 (51.1%)

0.93

Female

134 (48,6%)

235 (48.9%)

 

Age, mean

48.3 (SD 9.2)

47.9 (SD 8.8)

0.63

<40

71 (23.1%)

100 (20.8%)

 

40-49

91 (29.7%)

164 (34.1%)

 

≥50

145 (47.2%)

217 (45.1%)

 

Type of employment a:

   

Private

226 (81.9%)

416 (86.5%)

0.09

Salaried

50 (18.1%)

65 (13.5%)

 

Type of practice:

   

Solo

60 (19.5%)

90 (18.7%)

0.45

Dual

119 (38.8%)

208 (43.2%)

 

Group

128 (41.7%)

183 (38.1%)

 

Urbanicity b:

   

Urban

158 (51.5%)

158 (46.4%)

0.31

Suburban

56 (18.2%)

56 (18.5%)

 

Rural

93 (30.3%)

93 (35.1%)

 
  1. aN = 276 Respondents.
  2. bUrbanicity: Urban: ≥1500 addresses per km2/Suburban: 1000–1499 addresses per km2/Rural: <1000 addresses per km2.