Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample, overall and by NUTS statistical region
Characteristic | Italy | Northwestern Italy | Northeastern Italy | Central Italy | Southern Italy | Insular Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 1810) | (n = 553) | (n = 361) | (n = 328) | (n = 396) | (n = 172) | |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 1022 (56.5%) | 298 (53.9%) | 228 (63.2%) | 190 (57.9%) | 220 (55.6%) | 86 (50.0%) |
Female | 785 (43.4%) | 255 (46.1%) | 133 (36.8%) | 138 (42.1%) | 173 (43.7%) | 86 (50.0%) |
Non-binary | 3 (0.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (0.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Age group, y | ||||||
50–64 | 428 (23.6%) | 118 (21.3%) | 93 (25.8%) | 76 (23.2%) | 96 (24.3%) | 45 (26.2%) |
≥ 65 | 1382 (76.4%) | 435 (78.7%) | 268 (74.2%) | 252 (76.8%) | 300 (75.8%) | 127 (73.8%) |
Place of residence degree of urbanisationa | ||||||
City | 698 (38.6%) | 232 (42.0%) | 104 (28.8%) | 123 (37.5%) | 189 (47.7%) | 50 (29.1%) |
Town or suburb | 858 (47.4%) | 264 (47.7%) | 161 (44.6%) | 155 (47.3%) | 172 (43.4%) | 106 (61.6%) |
Rural area | 254 (14.0%) | 57 (10.3%) | 96 (26.6%) | 50 (15.2%) | 35 (8.8%) | 16 (9.3%) |
Educational attainment | ||||||
Less than high school diploma | 323 (17.8%) | 107 (19.3%) | 68 (18.8%) | 50 (15.2%) | 59 (14.9%) | 39 (22.7%) |
High school diploma | 1051 (58.1%) | 348 (62.9%) | 174 (48.2%) | 199 (60.7%) | 232 (58.6%) | 98 (57.0%) |
Academic degree | 288 (15.9%) | 72 (13.0%) | 57 (15.8%) | 59 (18.0%) | 71 (17.9%) | 29 (16.9%) |
Post-graduate degree | 148 (8.2%) | 26 (4.7%) | 62 (17.2%) | 20 (6.1%) | 34 (8.6%) | 6 (3.5%) |
Occupation | ||||||
Teacher | 77 (4.3%) | 7 (1.3%) | 38 (10.5%) | 5 (1.5%) | 22 (5.6%) | 5 (2.9%) |
Medical doctor | 18 (1.0%) | 6 (1.1%) | 6 (1.7%) | 4 (1.2%) | 2 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Healthcare worker (excl. Medical doctor) | 18 (1.0%) | 3 (0.5%) | 7 (1.9%) | 2 (0.6%) | 4 (1.0%) | 2 (1.2%) |
Law enforcement member | 15 (0.8%) | 2 (0.4%) | 9 (2.5%) | 4 (1.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Student | 1 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) |
Other occupation | 358 (19.8%) | 112 (20.3%) | 67 (18.6%) | 68 (20.7%) | 79 (19.9%) | 32 (18.6%) |
Unemployed | 171 (9.4%) | 46 (8.3%) | 14 (3.9%) | 30 (9.1%) | 49 (12.4%) | 32 (18.6%) |
Retired | 1152 (63.6%) | 377 (68.2%) | 219 (60.7%) | 215 (65.5%) | 240 (60.6%) | 101 (58.7%) |
Household composition | ||||||
Alone | 303 (16.7%) | 119 (21.5%) | 61 (16.9%) | 54 (16.5%) | 47 (11.9%) | 22 (12.8%) |
Couple | 1304 (72.0%) | 379 (68.5%) | 266 (73.7%) | 236 (72.0%) | 301 (76.0%) | 122 (70.9%) |
With parents/family | 94 (5.2%) | 24 (4.3%) | 16 (4.4%) | 13 (4.0%) | 26 (6.6%) | 15 (8.7%) |
Other | 109 (6.0%) | 31 (5.6%) | 18 (5.0%) | 25 (7.6%) | 22 (5.6%) | 13 (7.6%) |
Able to pay for things needed in life | ||||||
With great difficulty | 263 (14.5%) | 62 (11.2%) | 32 (8.9%) | 58 (17.7%) | 79 (19.9%) | 32 (18.6%) |
With some difficulty | 765 (42.3%) | 217 (39.2%) | 128 (35.5%) | 158 (48.2%) | 169 (42.7%) | 93 (54.1%) |
Quite easily | 657 (36.3%) | 237 (42.9%) | 142 (39.3%) | 101 (30.8%) | 136 (34.3%) | 41 (23.8%) |
Easily | 125 (6.9%) | 37 (6.7%) | 59 (16.3%) | 11 (3.4%) | 12 (3.0%) | 6 (3.5%) |