Table 2.

Characteristics of respondents in Estonia and Finland, 1994-2006

	Estonia				Finland
Characteristic	Men		Women		Men		Women
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age group
25-34	1072	25.3	1439	23.6	1920	21.0	2421	23.0
35-44	1136	26.8	1502	24.6	2345	25.7	2716	25.8
45-54	1061	25.0	1614	26.5	2678	29.3	2990	28.4
55-64	970	22.9	1546	25.3	2193	24.0	2409	22.9
Marital status
married/cohabiting	3232	76.2	4046	66.3	6756	73.9	7813	74.2
single	553	13.0	626	10.3	1556	17.0	1327	12.6
divorced/separated	364	8.6	901	14.8	722	7.9	1064	10.1
widowed	65	1.5	500	8.2	69	0.8	295	2.8
unknown	25	0.6	28	0.5	33	0.4	37	0.4
Ethnicity
ethnic majority	2951	69.6	4143	67.9	8587	94.0	9943	94.4
ethnic minority	1254	29.6	1924	31.5	549	6.0	593	5.6
unknown	34	0.8	34	0.6	0	-	0	-
Education
higher	712	16.8	1410	23.1	2427	26.6	3577	34.0
secondary	2655	62.6	3829	62.8	4075	44.6	4601	43.7
basic or less	845	19.9	808	13.2	2473	27.1	2188	20.8
unknown	27	0.6	54	0.9	161	1.8	170	1.6
Total	4239	100	6101	100	9136	100	10536	100