Table 2 Description of the study samples.

Country	Number of subjects		% with higher education		% married		Mean age (years)		Mean no. of household items
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Belarus	450	550	20.2	20.7	63.8	57.3	42.8	44.4	2.04
Bulgaria	531	700	17.1	19.3	59.0	59.3	48.1	49.2	1.82
Czech Republic	474	492	16.5	12.4	66.3	65.0	46.4	46.3	2.65
Estonia	434	506	26.0	25.3	63.8	53.6	44.9	46.7	2.49
Hungary	448	542	21.4	18.5	69.4	56.8	48.9	49.5	2.33
Latvia	453	502	21.2	27.7	62.3	54.5	43.3	45.7	2.18
Lithuania	495	617	21.8	26.4	68.5	52.0	47.6	49.4	2.10
Poland	425	518	12.5	14.1	63.3	58.9	46.0	46.1	2.38
Romania	533	574	15.0	12.9	72.6	65.3	48.3	49.0	1.54
Russia	807	1261	26.6	29.0	67.5	48.0	43.7	47.5	1.71
Slovakia	493	543	13.0	13.3	61.3	57.3	42.3	43.8	2.41
Slovenia	488	512	12.9	12.9	63.7	61.1	42.2	43.1	3.16
Ukraine	882	1101	28.1	24.9	68.6	59.0	43.5	47.3	1.68
Total	6913	8418	20.2	21.0	65.7	56.8	45.1	47.0	2.11