Table 1. Sample characteristics by country, gender and immigrant status, 2004.

Country	Total (N)	Immigrants	% of immigrants			% of Immigrants with citizenship	Mean year of immigration
			Total	Males	Females
Austria	1,849	173	9.4	41.0	59.0	73.5	1963
Belgium	3,649	253	6.9	46.6	53.4	50.0	1960
Denmark	1,615	59	3.7	47.5	52.5	66.7	1963
France	3,038	454	15.1	46.3	53.7	65.1	1964
Germany	2,941	550	18.7	47.6	52.4	87.3	1961
Greece	2,669	64	2.4	39.0	61.0	90.3	1953
Italy	2,508	37	1.5	27.0	73.0	100.0	1962
Netherlands	2,865	173	6.0	46.8	53.2	82.5	1967
Spain	2,353	52	2.2	32.7	67.3	50.0	1980
Sweden	2,997	250	8.4	41.2	58.8	67.6	1965
Switzerland	960	155	16.2	45.8	54.2	52.9	1964
Total	27,444	2,220

Source: SHARE database, 2004 (Individuals aged 50 and over).