Research Article

Investigating Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life of Greeks and Albanian Immigrants with the Generic EQ-5D Questionnaire

Table 1

Demographic, socioeconomic, and place of residence characteristics of the responders in the whole sample and according to ethnicity.

Whole sample
( )
Greeks
( )
Albanians
( )
(%) (%) (%)

Gender
 Men326 (49.4)160 (48.5)166 (50.3)
 Women334 (50.6)170 (51.5)164 (49.7)
Age
 18–44227 (34.4)114 (34.5)113 (34.2)
 45–64368 (55.8)184 (55.8)184 (55.8)
 65–75+64 (9.7)32 (9.7)32 (9.7)
Place of residence**
 Rural183 (27.7)110 (33.3)73 (22.1)
 Urban477 (72.3)220 (66.7)257 (77.9)
Monthly income
 Low137 (20.8)86 (26.1)51 (15.5)
 Medium374 (56.7)166 (50.3)208 (63.0)
 High149 (22.6)78 (23.6)71 (21.5)
Education*
 Primary75 (11.4)50 (15.2)25 (7.6)
 Secondary497 (75.3)211 (63.9)286 (86.7)
 University88 (13.3)69 (20.9)19 (5.8)
Occupation ***
 Manual322 (48.8)94 (28.5)228 (69.1)
 Nonmanual 338 (51.2)236 (71.5)102 (30.9)
Ethnicity
 Greek 330 (50)
 Albanians330 (50)

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