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. 2009 Mar 17;9:9. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-9

Table 3.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the PsyCoLaus sample

Overall (n = 3691) Males (n = 1730) Females (n = 1961)
Race (%)
 Caucasians 92.1 92.7 91.6
Age (mean, s.d.)
 Somatic exam 49.6 (8.8) 49.2 (8.8) 50.0 (8.8)
 Psychiatric exam 50.9 (8.8) 50.5 (8.8) 51.3 (8.8)
Citizenship
 Swiss 70.6 66.8 74.0
Marital status (%)
 Single 15.6 14.6 16.5
 Married/cohabitation 58.6 67.0 51.1
 Divorced/separated 22.7 17.3 27.5
 Widowed 3.1 1.2 4.8
Education (%)
 Basic 16.1 14.0 17.9
 Apprenticeship 37.4 37.5 37.4
 High school/college 18.6 15.0 21.7
 University 28.0 33.6 23.1
Work status (%)
 Professional 57.3 75.1 41.6
 Unemployed 3.1 3.8 2.4
 Retired 9.2 7.7 10.6
 Disabled/sick 8.8 9.1 8.4
 Other 21.7 4.2 37.0