Table 1.
Nationally representative survey of the population in Germany: invited, unweighted, and weighted sample characteristics by sex, age, state, level of education, migration background, chronic disease, and social statusa.
| Variable | Invited sample, n (%) | Unweighted sample, n (%) | Weighted sample, n (%) | ||||
| Sex | |||||||
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Male | 1988 (50.6) | 955 (47.8) | 978 (49) | |||
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Female | 1939 (49.4) | 1041 (52.2) | 1019 (51) | |||
| Age (years) | |||||||
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16-29 | 825 (21) | 459 (23) | 353 (17.7) | |||
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30-45 | 904 (23) | 433 (21.7) | 475 (23.8) | |||
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46-64 | 1256 (32) | 598 (30) | 654 (32.7) | |||
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65 years and older | 942 (24) | 506 (25.4) | 514 (25.8) | |||
| State | |||||||
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Schleswig-Holstein | 138 (3.5) | 91 (4.6) | 70 (3.5) | |||
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Hamburg | 90 (2.3) | 43 (2.2) | 43 (2.2) | |||
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Lower Saxony | 381 (9.7) | 208 (10.4) | 191 (9.6) | |||
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Bremen | 31 (0.8) | 11 (0.6) | 16 (0.8) | |||
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Northrhine-Westphalia | 844 (21.5) | 384 (19.2) | 430 (21.5) | |||
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Hesse | 298 (7.6) | 166 (8.3) | 151 (7.6) | |||
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Rhineland-Palatinate | 196 (5) | 88 (4.4) | 99 (4.9) | |||
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Baden-Württemberg | 534 (13.6) | 300 (15) | 265 (13.3) | |||
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Bavaria | 643 (16.4) | 370 (18.5) | 316 (15.8) | |||
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Saarland | 37 (0.9) | 20 (1.0) | 24 (1.2) | |||
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Berlin | 176 (4.5) | 89 (4.5) | 88 (4.4) | |||
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Brandenburg | 113 (2.9) | 47 (2.4) | 61 (3.1) | |||
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Mecklenburg-West Pomerania | 70 (1.8) | 30 (1.5) | 39 (2) | |||
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Saxony | 184 (4.7) | 69 (3.5) | 97 (4.9) | |||
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Saxony-Anhalt | 98 (2.5) | 43 (2.2) | 53 (2.7) | |||
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Thuringia | 94 (2.4) | 37 (1.9) | 52 (2.6) | |||
| Level of education | |||||||
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Low | N/Ab | 1091 (54.7) | 1105 (55.3) | |||
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Middle | N/A | 399 (20) | 372 (18.7) | |||
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High | N/A | 494 (24.7) | 511 (25.6) | |||
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Missing values | N/A | 12 (0.6) | 8 (0.4) | |||
| Migration background | |||||||
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No | N/A | 1867 (93.5) | 1873 (93.8) | |||
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Yes | N/A | 129 (6.5) | 124 (6.2) | |||
| Chronic disease | |||||||
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No | N/A | 1257 (63) | 1230 (61.6) | |||
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Yes | N/A | 714 (35.8) | 742 (37.2) | |||
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Missing values | N/A | 25 (1.3) | 25 (1.2) | |||
| Social status | |||||||
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Low | N/A | 312 (15.6) | 315 (15.8) | |||
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Middle | N/A | 1393 (69.8) | 1385 (69.4) | |||
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High | N/A | 291 (14.6) | 296 (14.8) | |||
aDue to sample weighting and rounding, sample sizes may vary, and percentages may exceed or fall below 100%.
bN/A: not available.