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The following questions regarding nationality and ethnicity (section: Demographics) of Lifelines participants were asked:
Questions English | Questions Dutch | Variable | Assessment | Age |
In what country were you born? | In welk land bent u geboren? | DEMO4A | 1A | 18+ |
In what country were you born? Country other than The Netherlands: | Ander land, nl: / In welk land bent u geboren? (ander land dan Nederland) | DEMO4B | 1A | 18+ |
In what city did you live the first months of your life? | In welke plaats woonde u de eerste maanden van uw leven? | DEMO4C | 1A | 18+ |
In what country was your (biological) mother born? | In welk land is uw biologische moeder geboren? | DEMO5A | 1A | 18+ |
Biological mother born in country other than The Netherlands: | Ander land, nl: / In welk land is uw biologische moeder geboren? (ander land dan Nederland) | DEMO5B | 1A | 18+ |
In what city did your biological mother live during the first months of her life? | In welke plaats woonde uw biologische moeder de eerste maanden van haar leven? | DEMO5C | 1A | 18+ |
In what country was your (biological) father born? | In welk land is uw biologische vader geboren? | DEMO6 | 1A | 18+ |
In what country was your (biological) father born? | In welk land is uw biologische vader geboren? | DEMO6A | 1A | 18+ |
Biological father born in country other than The Netherlands: | Ander land, nl: / In welk land is uw biologische vader geboren? (ander land dan Nederland) | DEMO6B | 1A | 18+ |
In what city did your biological father live during the first months of his life? | In welke plaats woonde uw biologische vader de eerste maanden van zijn leven? | DEMO6C | 1A | 18+ |
Which of the following populations do you consider yourself belonging to? | Tot welke van onderstaande bevolkingsgroepen rekent u zichzelf? | RACE | 1B | 18+ |
Frequencies regarding the question: “Which of the following populations do you consider yourself belonging to?” Year in which frequencies were established: 2017
Race | Frequency | Percentage |
White/East and West European | 121239 | 98% |
White/Mediterranean or Arabic | 432 | 0.3% |
Black | 201 | 0.2% |
Asian | 613 | 0.5% |
Other, namely: | 1248 | 1% |
Total? | 123733 | 100% |
Frequencies regarding the question: “In what country were you born? Country other than The Netherlands:”
This table was sorted for Netherlands/Europe/Africa/Other
Age | Netherlands | Europe | Africa | Other |
≥ 18 years at baseline | 148.528 | 1.948 | 382 | 2.359 |
<18 years at baseline | 9954 | 65 | 17 | 46 |
<18 years at 05-05-2019 | 4189 | 27 | 8 | 21 |