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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants (n = 218)

From: Stroke knowledge among diabetics: a cross-sectional study on the influence of age, gender, education, and migration status

 

Natives (n = 134)

Migrants (n = 84)

 
 

n

%

n

%

p-value

Males

65

48.5

45

53.6

0.467

Married

86

64.2

77

91.7

<0.001

Retired

89

66.4

24

28.6

<0.001

Eight or more years of education

134

100

54

64.3

<0.001

Sickness fund

131

97.8

84

100

0.286

Blue collar worker

22

16.4

17

20.2

0.474

Filled questionnaire in Turkish

0

0.0

64

76.2

<0.001

Filled questionnaire in German

134

100

20

23.8

<0.001

Good language abilities

133

99.3

25

29.8

<0.001

Needs language support for medical care

1

0.7

59

70.2

<0.001

Age in years, mean (span)

66 (34–89)

54 (31–79)

<0.001

Number of children in household, median, (IQR; span)

2 (1; 0–5)

3 (1; 0–8)

<0.001

Persons in household, median (IQR; span)

2 (1; 1–7)

3 (3; 1–10)

<0.001

Generations in household, median (IQR; span)

1 (0; 1–3)

2 (1; 1–3)

<0.001

Years since migration, average (span)

______

37 (14–48)

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