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Table 1 Socio-demographical characteristics in BaroTest and 2016-Health Barometer samples, mainland France, 2016

From: HCV and HBV prevalence based on home blood self-sampling and screening history in the general population in 2016: contribution to the new French screening strategy

Characteristics

BaroTest (eligible, n = 17,781)

18-75 years old

2016-HB (n = 20,032)

15-75 years old

Participants (n = 6,945)

 

Non participants (n = 10,836)

 

wBT % 1

wHB %a

wHB %a

wHB %a

Gender

Men

48.7

47.7

 

49.3

48.8

Women

51.3

52.3

 

50.7

51.2

Age (in years)

18-30

22.1

19.0

***

23.9

25.4

31-45

27.6

26.3

 

27.3

26.3

46-60

29.1

30.7

 

28.4

27.9

61-75

21.2

24.0

 

20.4

20.4

Educational level

< Secondary school certificate

49.7

46.3

***

53.0

52.1

Secondary school certificate

20.0

20.4

 

19.4

19.2

Higher education qualification

29.8

33.1

 

27.3

28.5

Not specified

0.5

0.2

 

0.3

0.2

Place of residence in France

Ile-de-France (Paris region)

19.0

15.6

***

18.7

19.0

North-West

19.9

22.3

 

20.4

19.9

North-East

22.5

22.7

 

23.7

22.5

South-East

20.5

21.1

 

19.2

20.5

South-West

18.1

18.3

 

18.0

18.1

Level of urbanization

Rural

23.5

27.3

***

22.1

23.6

<  20,000 inhabitants

16.6

17.9

 

16.2

16.7

20,000 – 99,999 inhabitants

12.3

11.7

 

13.1

12.3

≥ 100,000 inhabitants

31.2

29.9

 

32.5

31.1

Paris urban area

16.4

13.2

 

16.1

16.3

Household monthly income

1st tercile (low)

34.5

27.4

***

37.9

34.9

2nd tercile

31.1

32.9

 

29.3

30.2

3rd tercile (high)

31.5

37.8

 

27.9

30.2

Not specified

2.9

1.9

 

4.9

4.7

Place of birth

Mainland France

84.8

90.6

***

85.9

87.4

French Overseas administrative areas

0.9

0.9

 

1.2

1.1

Europe

4.4

2.9

 

3.6

3.4

Maghreb

5.2

3.0

 

4.7

4.0

Sub-Saharan Africa

2.1

1.5

 

3.0

2.7

Other countries

2.6

1.1

 

1.6

1.4

Health Insurance coverage

General Health Insurance

91.6

93.9

***

90.0

90.0

Health Insurance for low-income personsb

6.0

4.5

 

7.6

6.6

Otherc

2.4

1.6

 

2.4

3.4

  1. *** P-value < 0.001 between BaroTest participants and non-participants wHB distributions using Chi-2 test
  2. awHB % Health Barometer weighted percentage, wBT % BaroTest weighted percentage
  3. bIncludes Complementary Universal Health Insurance (CMU, which is free insurance for low-income persons) and State Medical Assistance (AME, which is free insurance for low-income irregular migrants)
  4. cIncludes “No health coverage”, “Yes, but did not know which one” and “Not specified”
  5. The distributions are significantly different for numbers in bold