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Table 1 Description of the study sample by sex (individuals with self-reported chronic headache residing in Austria, Austrian Health Interview Survey, 2013–2015, n = 963)

From: Assessment of quality of life in individuals with chronic headache. Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF

 

Sex

p-value*

Male

Female

N

239

724

 

Age

  

0.22

 15–29 years

28 (11.7%)

84 (11.6%)

 

 30–44 years

72 (30.1%)

263 (36.3%)

 

 45–59 years

91 (38.1%)

265 (36.6%)

 

 60+ years

48 (20.1%)

112 (15.5%)

 

Partnership status

  

0.80

 Living in a partnership

150 (62.8%)

461 (63.7%)

 

 Not living in a partnership

89 (37.2%)

263 (36.3%)

 

Net equivalence income of respondent’s household

  

0.34

 Below 1st quantile

64 (26.8%)

183 (25.3%)

 

 Between 1st and 2nd quantile

48 (20.1%)

177 (24.4%)

 

 Between 2nd and 3rd quantile

41 (17.2%)

146 (20.2%)

 

 Between 3rd and 4th quantile

49 (20.5%)

129 (17.8%)

 

 Between 4th and 5th quantile

37 (15.5%)

89 (12.3%)

 

Educational level

  

0.01

 Primary/lower secondary

42 (17.6%)

189 (26.1%)

 

 Upper secondary/post-secondary (non-tertiary)

152 (63.6%)

389 (53.7%)

 

 Tertiary education (bachlor, master, doctoral)

45 (18.8%)

146 (20.2%)

 
  1. Note. Because of rounding not all percentages add up to 100%. * p-value from chi-square test