Table 1

Sample size, questionnaire language and sociodemographics over both scenarios

Adult scenarioChild scenario
 Dutch165159
 English166
 Arabic31
 Sum184166
Mean age (SD)31 y (5.94)31 y (6.03)
 Married or living together with one child42.93%51.81%
 Married or living together with two or more children45.11%34.34%
 Single with one child6.52%5.42%
 Single with two or more children2.17%2.41%
 Other3.26%6.02%
Mean number of family members (SD)3.60 (1.28)3.52 (1.12)
Mean number of children (SD)1.67 (0.94)1.65 (1.00)
Foreign origin44.02%44.58%
 Mother74.46%68.67%
 Father20.11%22.89%
 Others5.43%8.44%
 Yes82.07%88.55%
Degree of education%Cum%%Cum%
No degree or only primary education5.435.432.412.41
Only lower secondary education10.3315.7610.2412.65
Higher secondary education47.8363.5941.5754.22
Higher non-university17.3980.9822.8977.11
University or post-university11.4192.3917.4794.58
Don't know7.611005.42100
Compulsory health insurance*95.11%95.78%
Total n350
  • * In Belgium, almost 99% of the population is covered by compulsory health insurance.31 Data for larger cities can differ from national data because of the presence of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants.