Table 1

Characteristics of the study population (n=5987): categorical variables

CharacteristicsNo%
Sex (n=5987)
Female341857
Male256943
Marital status (n=5987)
Single102517
Married, cohabiting or in a registered partnership394766
Divorced, separated or widowed101517
Education (n=5987)
Comprehensive school80313
Vocational or high school137823
College or university of applied sciences192632
University188032
Employment status (n=5987)
Working full time317653
Working part time3526
Retired196033
Unemployed2915
Other (incl. student, at home mother/father)2083
Annual household income (before taxes) (n=5987)
≤€30 000146224
>€30 000–50,000152726
>€50 000–90,000189932
>€90 000109918
Smoking (n=5987)
No478580
Yes, <1 unit per day2805
Yes, 1–9 units per day3876
Yes, ≥10 units per day5359
Alcohol use (during the last week) (n=5987)
Not at all188932
1–6 portions299550
≥7 portions110318
Physical activity at work (n=5987)
High, my work is physically strenuous69812
Moderate119620
Low, my work is mainly sedentary OR not working409368
Using recreational property during warm season (n=5987)
Not at all/<2 weeks per year394466
2–8 weeks per year151725
> 8 weeks per year5269
Psychotropic medication use (n=5987)
Yes119520
No479280
Antihypertensive medication use (n=6031)
Yes162527
No440673
Asthma medication use (n=5983)
Yes69912
No528488
Frequency of green space visits (n=5886)
Never/<1 time per week101417
1–2 times/week191733
3–4 times/week171229
≥5 times/week124321
Green view from home (n=5939)
No139724
Yes, I look at it seldom/occasionally180030
Yes, I look at it often274246
Blue view from home (n=5949)
No523488
Yes, I look at it seldom/occasionally2484
Yes, I look at it often4678
Amount of residential blue space (n=5987)
0%324554
>0%–10%178130
>10%96116