Table 1 Demographic data
From: The importance of elderly people knowing basic first-aid measures
SEX | all (n = 1079) |
male | 49% (n = 529) |
female | 51% (n = 550) |
AGE (years) | all (n = 1079) |
less than 30 | 16% (n = 169) |
from 31 to 45 | 23% (n = 246) |
from 46 to 60 | 24% (n = 262) |
61 and more | 37% (n = 402) |
AGE (years) in group older than 60 years | N = 402 |
61 to 69 | 51% (n = 205) |
70 to 79 | 34% (n = 137) |
80 and more | 15% (n = 60) |
EDUCATION | all (n = 1079) |
primary school | 17% (n = 183) |
secondary school – vocational education | 22% (n = 237) |
secondary school – academic education | 31% (n = 335) |
higher education—college, university | 31% (n = 335) |
NUMBER OF YEARS FROM LAST FA COURSE | all (n = 1079) |
1 and less | 13% (n = 140) |
from 1 to 5 | 18% (n = 194) |
from 6 to 10 | 9% (n = 97) |
more than 10 | 55% (n = 594) |
never | 5% (n = 54) |
NUMBER OF YEARS FROM LAST FA COURSE in group older than 60 years | N = 402 |
1 and less | 5% (n = 20) |
from 1 to 5 | 8% (n = 32) |
from 6 to 10 | 3% (n = 12) |
more than 10 | 73% (n = 294) |
never | 10% (n = 40) |