Table 1.
Rural communities <20,000 inhabitants n = 82,462 | Urban communities 20,000 – 500.000 inhabitants n = 74,385 | Metropolitan communities >500.000 inhabitants n = 24,477 | |||||||
Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
Sex (male); % | 48.6 | - | - | 47.2* | - | - | 46.7* | - | - |
Age; years | 45 ± 20 | 43 ± 19 | 46 ± 21 | 46 ± 20* | 44 ± 19* | 47 ± 21* | 46 ± 20* | 44 ± 19* | 47 ± 21* |
School education | |||||||||
<10 years | 57.4 | 56.6 | 58.2 | 52.0* | 50.4* | 53.4* | 45.1* | 43.6* | 46.4* |
10 years | 28.3 | 26.6 | 30.0 | 26.4* | 24.2* | 28.2* | 26.7* | 24.1* | 28.9* |
>10 years | 14.2 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 21.6* | 25.3* | 18.4* | 28.3* | 32.3* | 24.7* |
Marital status | |||||||||
single | 29.8 | 34.3 | 25.5 | 31.3* | 35.2* | 27.8* | 34.1* | 37.8* | 30.8* |
married | 57.4 | 59.1 | 55.9 | 53.7* | 56.8* | 51.0* | 49.4* | 53.0* | 46.3* |
divorced | 8.8 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 9.1* | 3.2 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 14.1 |
widowed | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.9* | 4.8* | 6.9* | 7.5* | 6.0* | 18.9* |
Monthly income | |||||||||
<1000 DM | 35.4 | 20.8 | 49.0 | 32.7* | 20.2 | 43.9* | 27.9* | 18.6* | 36.0* |
1000 DM – <2500 DM | 39.5 | 38.2 | 40.7 | 39.2 | 35.7* | 42.3* | 38.8 | 34.2* | 42.9* |
2500 DM – <4000 DM | 17.0 | 26.5 | 8.1 | 19.0* | 28.2* | 10.8* | 22.3* | 29.4* | 16.2* |
≥4000 DM | 8.1 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 9.1* | 15.9* | 3.0* | 10.9* | 17.8* | 4.9* |
Residency in East Germany | 24.2 | 23.8 | 24.5 | 20.2* | 19.9* | 20.5* | 30.6* | 30.7* | 30.6* |
German Microcensus 1999. Data are percentage and mean ± standard deviation.
100 DM = 51.13 Euro
* p < 0.05, logistic regression and ANOVA; references: total, male and female population living in rural communities