Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants.
| Variable | Category | No. of respondents | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal state | Baden-Wurttemberg | 24 | 21.1 |
| Bavaria | 25 | 21.9 | |
| Berlin | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Brandenburg | 14 | 12.3 | |
| Hesse | 6 | 5.3 | |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Lower Saxony | 7 | 6.1 | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 13 | 11.4 | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | 4 | 3.5 | |
| Saxony | 12 | 10.5 | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | 5 | 4.4 | |
| Thuringia | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Age group (years) | 0–19 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 20–29 | 2 | 1.9 | |
| 30–39 | 13 | 12.0 | |
| 40–49 | 29 | 26.9 | |
| 50–59 | 26 | 24.1 | |
| 60–69 | 24 | 22.2 | |
| 70+ | 11 | 10.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 76 | 67.9 |
| Female | 36 | 32.1 | |
| Education | High school graduation (“Abitur”) | 58 | 50.9 |
| Advanced technical college certificate | 15 | 12.9 | |
| Secondary school certificate | 30 | 25.9 | |
| Folk/secondary school or polytechnic secondary school | 9 | 7.8 | |
| Student/pupil | 4 | 2.6 | |
| Occupation | Pupil | 3 | 2.5 |
| Student | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Unemployed | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Housewife/househusband | 10 | 8.7 | |
| Pensioner | 26 | 22.6 | |
| Worker | 70 | 60.9 | |
| Other | 4 | 3.5 |