Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries

Tatsioni, Athina; Groenewegen, Peter; Van Poel, Esther; Vafeidou, Kyriaki; Assenova, Radost; Hoffmann, Kathryn; Schaubroeck, Emmily; Stark, Stefanie; Tkachenko, Victoria; Willems, Sara

doi:10.1186/s12875-024-02438-w

Table 4 Urbanisation of the practice location; estimation of the population distribution and distribution in the response group in percentages

From: Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries

Country	Group	Practice location
Country	Group	Big cities^b	Town and suburbs^b	(Semi-) Rural^b
Austria	Population	35	25	40
Austria	Response group	27	15	58
Belgium	Population^a	25		75
Belgium	Response group	52		48
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Population	40	20	40
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Response group	40	30	30
Bulgaria	Population	15	70	15
Bulgaria	Response group	58	15	27
Croatia	Population	30	25	45
Croatia	Response group	47	22	32
Cyprus	Population	90	9	1
Cyprus	Response group	53	21	26
Czech Republic	Population	55	25	20
Czech Republic	Response group	64	9	27
Denmark	Population	35	25	40
Denmark	Response group	54	22	24
Finland	Population	40	40	20
Finland	Response group	37	20	42
France	Population	60	20	20
France	Response group	41	20	39
Germany	Population	20	50	30
Germany	Response group	29	21	50
Greece	Population	14	62	24
Greece	Response group	16	12	72
Hungary	Population	39	33	28
Hungary	Response group	51	24	25
Iceland	Population	80	10	10
Iceland	Response group	60	27	13
Ireland	Population	35	45	20
Ireland	Response group	39	20	41
Israel	Population	50	30	20
Israel	Response group	59	22	19
Italy	Population	45	25	30
Italy	Response group	33	26	41
Kosovo*	Population	25	15	60
Kosovo*	Response group	50	30	20
Latvia	Population	49	44	8
Latvia	Response group	38	26	35
Lithuania	Population	37	58	5
Lithuania	Response group	46	23	31
Malta	Population	20	65	5
Malta	Response group	8	50	42
Moldova	Population	5	12	83
Moldova	Response group	22	17	62
Netherlands	Population	54	17	29
Netherlands	Response group	28	23	50
Portugal	Population	45	27	20
Portugal	Response group	33	24	43
Romania	Population	40	27	33
Romania	Response group	75	14	12
Slovenia	Population	40	30	30
Slovenia	Response group	57	21	30
Spain	Population	63	36
Spain	Response group	24	20	55
Sweden	Population	23	50	22
Sweden	Response group	25	31	44
Switzerland	Population	33	33	33
Switzerland	Response group	25	20	55
Turkey	Population	85	5	10
Turkey	Response group	83	2	15
United Kingdom	Population	43	40	17
United Kingdom	Response group	54	29	17

^aBelgium: population data for the whole country (Flanders and Wallonia)
^bBold numbers represent ≤ 10%-point or less difference between population and response. Out of 93 cells, 33 are within the 10%-point band. Three countries have all cells within the 10%-point band; four countries have 2 cells within the 10%-point band; 16 countries have 1 cell within the 10%-point band; and 8 countries have no cells within the 10%-point band

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