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. 2017 Jan 24;14(1):49–61. doi: 10.1007/s10433-016-0407-y

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by covariates (in  %)

Characteristics Categories % N
Gender Female 58.1 581
Male 41.9 419
Age 45–49 29.3 293
50–54 31.7 317
55–59 25.7 257
60–64 13.3 133
Education level Elementary 5.3 53
Vocational 27.1 271
Secondary 42.5 425
Tertiary 25.1 251
Place of residence Big city and suburbs 30.8 308
Medium, small city 27.5 275
Rural area 41.7 417
Occupational status Working 73.0 730
Unemployed 10.4 104
Retired but still working 6.1 61
Non-active 10.5 105
Occupational group Professionals, managers 31.4 309
Services, technicians, office clerks 35.6 350
Manual and agriculture workers 32.9 324
Type of sector Public 38.6 386
Private 51.7 517
Non-profit or mixed 9.7 97
Sector of economy Production 40.8 398
Services 27.8 271
Public services 31.5 307

Total N = 1000