Table 1.

Demographic characteristics.

	France		Germany		Spain
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	503	100	570	100	453	100
Gender
Men	242	48.2	286	50.2	226	49.9
Women	261	51.8	284	49.8	226	49.9
Other					1	0.2
Age
18–24 years old	62	12.3	68	11.9	61	13.4
25–34 years old	97	19.3	117	20.5	67	14.8
35–44 years old	109	21.7	107	18.8	94	20.8
45–54 years old	103	20.5	102	17.5	95	21.0
55–64 years old	63	12.5	98	17.2	85	18.8
65 years or older	68	13.5	80	14.0	51	11.3
No answer	1	0.2
Education
Primary school	11	2.2	10	1.8	25	55
Secondary school	192	38.2	53	9.3	148	32.7
Vocational training	72	14.3	334	58.6	112	24.7
University	127	25.2	116	20.4	105	23.2
Masters	82	16.3	43	7.5	51	11.3
Ph.D.	10	2.0	9	1.6	12	2.6
No answer	9	1.8	5	0.9
Annual Income
up to EUR 5.000	31	6.2	23	4.0	22	4.9
between EUR 5.001–15.000	54	10.7	66	11.6	73	16.1
between EUR 15.001–25.000	96	19.1	79	13.9	131	28.9
between EUR 25.001–35.000	110	21.9	100	17.5	109	24.1
between EUR 35.001–45.000	86	17.1	88	15.4	55	12.1
between EUR 45.001–55.001	55	10.9	67	11.8	22	4.9
EUR 55.001 and more	40	8.0	108	18.9	25	5.5
No answer	31	6.2	39	6.8	16	3.5
Occupation
Professional/Entrepreneur/Farmer	75	14.9	38	6.7	47	10.4
Private employee	102	20.3	252	44.2	125	27.6
Public employee	74	14.7	35	6.1	57	12.6
Unemployed	52	10.3	18	3.2	43	9.5
Houseperson	21	4.2	37	6.5	35	7.7
Retired	88	17.5	110	19.3	58	12.8
Student	35	7.0	31	5.4	49	10.8
Other	45	8.9	37	6.5	32	7.1
No answer	11	2.2	12	2.1	7	1.5