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Table 2 Age- and sex-standardized comparison of the educational degree of the study population and the GGP

From: Education and employment in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis – a standardized comparison to the German general population

 

Primary School Degree

Secondary School Degree

College or University Degree

 

Age groupsa [years]

N GGPb

N Sepia

GGPb n (%)

SEPIA n (%)

Standardized SEPIA n (%) c

GGPb n (%)

SEPIA n (%)

Standardized SEPIA n (%)c

GGPb n (%)

SEPIA n (%)

Standardized SEPIA n (%)c

Men

20–29

624

306

99 (15.87)

55 (17.97)

112 (17.97)

170 (27.24)

95 (31.05)

194 (31.05)

355 (56.89)

156 (50.98)

318 (50.98)

30–39

772

230

157 (20.34)

50 (21.74)

168 (21.74)

209 (27.07)

69 (30.00)

232 (30.00)

406 (52.59)

111 (48.26)

373 (48.26)

40–49

1542

231

348 (22.57)

52 (22.51)

347 (22.51)

501 (32.49)

69 (29.87)

461 (29.87)

693 (44.94)

110 (47.62)

734 (47.62)

50–59

2052

59

553 (26.95)

14 (23.73)

487 (23.73)

555 (27.05)

19 (32.20)

661 (32.20)

944 (46.00)

26 (44.07)

904 (44.07)

≥60

812

30

359 (44.21)

13 (43.33)

352 (43.33)

177 (21.80)

8 (26.67)

217 (26.67)

276 (33.99)

9 (30.00)

244 (30.00)

Women

20–29

482

618

35 (7.26)

61 (9.87)

48 (9.87)

136 (28.22)

201 (32.52)

157 (32.52)

311 (64.52)

356 (57.61)

278 (57.61)

30–39

820

344

118 (14.39)

36 (10.47)

86 (10.47)

285 (34.76)

110 (31.98)

262 (31.98)

417 (50.85)

198 (57.56)

472 (57.56)

40–49

1753

242

227 (12.95)

37 (15.29)

268 (15.29)

786 (44.84)

97 (40.08)

703 (40.08)

740 (42.21)

108 (44.63)

782 (44.63)

50–59

2182

97

538 (24.66)

40 (41.24)

900 (41.24)

847 (38.82)

28 (28.87)

630 (28.87)

797 (36.53)

29 (29.90)

652 (29.90)

≥60

740

26

290 (39.19)

11 (42.31)

313 (42.31)

240 (32.43)

8 (30.77)

228 (30.77)

210 (28.38)

7 (26.92)

199 (26.92)

Total

11,789

2183

2724 (23.11)

369 (16.90)

3080 (26.13)

3906 (33.13)

704 (32.25)

3742 (31.75)

5149 (43.68)

1110 (50.85)

4956 (42.04)

Standardized Difference %d (95% CI)e

    

3.02

(1.91; 4.12)

  

−1.39

(−2.59; −0.19)

  

−1.63

(−2.91; −0.37)

  1. aCategorization of age groups was set by NEPS dataset of the German general population
  2. bGGP = German general population [Ref.]
  3. cStandardized proportion of the SEPIA study population
  4. dStandardized Difference (%) = Standardized Proportion of SEPIA (%) – Proportion of GGP (%)
  5. e95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval