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. 2017 Dec 9;58(6):1096–1108. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx184

Table 1.

Sociodemographic Profile of Individuals Within Countries (Mean and Prevalence)

Variables BG RU GE DE FR RO NO BE LT PL CZ SE Total
Loneliness 3.1 2.4 3.5 1.7 1.6 3.1 1.0 1.6 3.0 1.8 2.5 2.1 2.2
Age at interview 62.8 61.9 63.3 63.2 62.4 62.6 62.4 62.5 63.5 62.8 62.2 64.1 62.8
Age 50–59 (%) 39.9 46.4 40.7 37.1 43.5 43 42.8 43 36.5 40.2 44.6 32.5 40.8
Age 60–69 (%) 35.1 31.5 30.8 37.6 32.7 32.2 34 32.4 35.9 34.4 32.5 38.7 34.1
Females (%) 54.3 64.4 57.4 53 51.8 54.8 50.8 51 58.8 55.7 54.7 49.6 54.6
Father’s occupation [ISEI] 26.8 36.8 34.0 38.4 35.6 26.2 36.2 38.8 28.0 31.2 35.5 37.8 33.5
Disrupted family < 15 (%) 6.0 29.6 20.2 14.8 12.8 9.9 8.7 7.7 18.5 10.3 10.3 9.5 12.7
Education [ISLED] 40.8 53.4 49.5 47.5 40 37.7 49.6 48.7 46.5 52.0 49.2 52.2 47.3
Never living with partner (%) 8.9 5.4 7.6 16.6 7.2 4.4 5.9 8.8 12.2 6.6 11.4 5.6 8.1
Age first living with partner 22.4 23.6 24.9 25.1 23.6 22.8 24.4 23.4 24.7 23.7 24.0 23.7 23.8
Early partnership 3 years (%) 19.5 20.2 27.9 28.0 21.1 20.0 26.8 21.3 24.4 19.3 20.7 25.7 22.7
Late partnership 3 years (%) 14.4 15.9 20.5 14.9 14.7 16.3 17.2 14.5 16.4 15.9 15.3 17.2 16.1
Never parent (%) 7.1 5.8 9.6 21.2 12.1 12.7 11.7 21.9 16.7 10.7 15.2 10.4 12.4
Age first child 24.2 24.9 26.5 26 25.2 24.7 25.5 26.4 26.1 24.8 25.2 26.2 25.3
Early parenthood 3 years (%) 22.5 20.3 27.4 24.8 21.0 21.2 23.5 21.5 21.8 18.7 21.2 26.3 22.3
Late parenthood 3 years (%) 17.1 18.2 21.0 17.5 18.2 17.7 18.9 15.7 17.8 17.1 18.1 20.2 18.1
N 4,248 4,817 3,969 4,374 4,471 5,985 6,436 3,191 4,403 10,523 4,171 4,494 61,082

Note: BG = Bulgaria; RU = Russia; GE = Georgia; DE = Germany; FR = France; RO = Romania; NO = Norway; BE = Belgium; LT = Lithuania; PL = Poland; CZ = Czech Republic; SE = Sweden.