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Chapter 6 124 Table 1. General characteristics of the study sample, Public Health Monitor 2016 (N=33,285) % / mean (SD) Unweighted Weighted # DEMOGRAPHICS Female (%) 55.3 51.1 Mean age (sd) 57.1 (17.7) 44.9 (17.5) Household composition (%) Family with children 1) 13.8 21.7 Family without children 2) 46.4 42.9 Single parent 5.3 7.4 Living alone 34.5 22.7 # Sampling weights were calculated by Statistics Netherlands based on a linear model with 9 sociodemographic variables and their interaction terms [28]. 1) Living with partner, parent(s) and/or other adult(s) with children; 2) ditto, without children. Prevalence of health indicators, personal control, SE and social factors Smoking was the most prevalent CVD risk factor, as one in four adults reported smoking (25.6%). Self-rated fair or poor health (SRH) was reported by 27.3%. We found a low score for personal control in 11.9% of the adult population and a low score for anxiety and depression symptoms in 9.4% of the population. (Table 2). Table 2. Prevalence of health indicators and personal control (weighted #) % CVD risk factors Diabetes 7.0 High blood pressure 14.1 Current smoking 25.6 Obesity (BMI 30 or higher) 13.4 Inactivity 9.3 Cancer 2.8 Self-rated health fair or poor 27.3 Anxiety and depression symptoms 9.4 Low personal control 11.9 # Sampling weights were calculated by Statistics Netherlands based on a linear model with 9 sociodemographic variables and their interaction terms [28]. One in ten adults were moderately to strongly socially excluded (10.3%); 9.0% reported a low educational level; 14.1% reported being unemployed, disabled for work, living on social assistance and without a paid job, and 31.8% of the adult population had a non-Western migration background. In the cities of Rotterdam and The Hague, these percentages were generally higher than those in Amsterdam and Utrecht. Only income showed a different pattern, with the highest rates of low income