Table 1.

Structure of the Sample in the Study by Gender, Age, and Education

	Germany			United States
	Sample size (unweighted)	Sample % (weighted)	Population %a	Sample size (unweighted)	Sample % (weighted)	Population %†
Total	495			492
Gender
Male	254	50.3	49.9	236	48.4	49.2
Female	241	49.7	50.1	256	51.6	50.8
Age
25–39	125	31.4	32.5	120	31.2	35.7
40–54	210	39.0	39.9	194	40.6	38.3
55–69	160	29.6	27.7	178	28.2	26.1
Education
High school or less	393	74.1	72.3	356	44.5	44.6
At least some college	102	26.0	27.7	136	55.5	55.4
Numeracy skills	69% (SE = 1.1%)♣			65% (SE = 1.3%)♣

^aSource: Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland, Microcensus, 2007 (https://www‐genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online; accessed September 15, 2008)

^†Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032008/perinc/toc.htm; accessed September 15, 2008

^♣Percentage of items answered correctly