Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants with statutory health insurance aged 35 years or older
| Men (n = 10 406) | Women (n = 16 149) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %1 | %2 | n | %1 | %2 | |
| Age | ||||||
| 35–44 years | 2816 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 4591 | 28.4 | 22.8 |
| 45–54 years | 2747 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 4313 | 26.7 | 23.0 |
| 55–64 years | 2082 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 3203 | 19.8 | 17.8 |
| 65–74 years | 2004 | 19.3 | 20.6 | 2748 | 17.0 | 22.9 |
| 75+ years | 757 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 1294 | 8.0 | 13.5 |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||||
| Low | 1205 | 11.6 | 20.5 | 2034 | 12.6 | 24.2 |
| Medium | 5826 | 56.0 | 61.2 | 10180 | 63.0 | 62.6 |
| High | 3291 | 31.6 | 18.3 | 3893 | 24.1 | 13.2 |
| Missing | 84 | 0.8 | – | 42 | 0.3 | – |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 1555 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 1704 | 10.6 | 6.9 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 1786 | 17.2 | 13.4 | 5089 | 31.5 | 29.5 |
| Married and living together | 7046 | 67.7 | 74.6 | 9337 | 57.8 | 63.6 |
| Missing | 19 | 0.2 | – | 19 | 0.1 | – |
1Percentage of the sample; 2weighted percentage (weighting factors were used to account for the sampling design and to adjust for distribution of the sample by sex, age, education, and region to match the German population).