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Table 1 Definition of socioeconomic, sociodemographic and morbidity characteristics

From: Socioeconomic inequality of diabetes patients’ health care utilization in Denmark

Characteristics

Definitions

Categories

Socioeconomics

Highest educational level attained

Highest educational level attained at date of data extraction, based on the main groups in the Danish educational Nomenclature with 13 educational groups based on years of education.

Variable with 3 or 9 categories:

1) Primary education (<11 years)

2) Middle high education (11 to 15 years

3) Higher education (16+ years)

1) Primary education

2) Upper secondary education

3) Vocational education and training

4) Qualifying educational programmes

5) Short cycle higher education

6) Vocational bachelor’s education

7) Bachelor programmes

8) Master programmes

9) PhD programmes

Income level

Annual gross income 2011 (DKK)

 

Demographics

Gender

Gender

1) Male

2) Female

Age

Age in mid-year

Continuous

Civil status

Marital status

1) Married or in civil partnership

2) Unmarried

3) Widow or longest living partner

4) Divorced or cancelled partnership

Ethnicity

Based on registrations in the Central Person Register 2011.

1) Ethnic Dane

2) Immigrant

3) Descendant

Region of residence

Residence 2011 in relation to the five Danish regions

1) ”Capital Region of Denmark”

2) ”Region Zealand”

3) ”Region of Southern Denmark”

4) “Central Denmark Region”

5) “North Denmark Region”

Urbanity

Residence in type of geographic area in relation to urbanity

1) City

2) Suburbs

3) Outer areas/country side

Occupational status

Affiliation to the labour market

1) Affiliated to the labour market (employed or self-employed)

2) Unemployed (maternal leave, job seeker allowance)

3) Unemployed (unemployment benefit)

4) Education

5) Early retirement

6) Retired

7) Child

Morbidity

Incident 2011

Patient diagnosed in calendar year 2011

0) Diagnosed in year ≠ 2011

1) Diagnosed in 2011

Complication group at present

Complication group at 31st of December 2011

1) CG0

2) CG1

3) CG2

Complication group at diagnosis

Complication group at diagnosis

1) CG0

2) CG1

3) CG2

Mortality 2011

Death in 2011

0) Alive 2011

1) Death 2011