Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population (n = 6754).
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | |
| Age | ||||
| 18–29 years | 21.8 | (525) | 21.0 | (547) |
| 30–39 years | 16.9 | (473) | 17.1 | (541) |
| 40–49 years | 24.9 | (716) | 24.2 | (823) |
| 50–59 years | 20.8 | (735) | 21.1 | (857) |
| 60–69 years | 15.6 | (744) | 16.7 | (793) |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Low | 18.3 | (480) | 18.4 | (495) |
| Middle | 58.7 | (1801) | 62.4 | (2213) |
| High | 23.0 | (883) | 19.2 | (812) |
| Missing values | – | (29) | – | (41) |
| Migration background | ||||
| Without/one-sided | 84.4 | (2781) | 83.1 | (3099) |
| Two-sided | 15.6 | (320) | 16.9 | (369) |
| Missing values | – | (92) | – | (93) |
| Municipality size class | ||||
| Rural | 16.2 | (622) | 15.7 | (626) |
| Small town | 23.1 | (794) | 22.7 | (869) |
| Medium-sized town | 29.5 | (899) | 30.3 | (1062) |
| Major city | 31.3 | (878) | 31.4 | (1004) |
| Residential region | ||||
| East (incl. Berlin) | 21.1 | (997) | 20.6 | (1120) |
| West | 78.9 | (2196) | 79.4 | (2441) |
%, weighted percentage (weighted to match the population distribution of Germany on 31 December 2010)
n, unweighted number of cases in the sample