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. 2019 Jan 25;14(1):e0211150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211150

Table 1. Characteristics of study population.

UK
N (%)
France
N (%)
Germany
N (%)
Italy
N (%)
Spain
N (%)
Sweden
N (%)
Total
N (%)
Total* 1,043 (17) 1,022 (17) 1,011
(17)
1,024 (17) 1,003 (16) 1,005 (16) 6,110 (100)
Sex
Male 408 (39) 440 (43) 562 (56) 454 (44) 611 (61) 674 (67) 3,149 (52)
Female 635 (61) 552 (54) 449 (44) 570 (56) 392 (39) 331 (33) 2,961 (48)
Age
16–24 131 (13) 86 (8) 123 (12) 69 (7) 87 (9) 236 (23) 733 (12)
25–34 298 (29) 198 (19) 247 (24) 246 (24) 285 (28) 329 (33) 1,603 (26)
35–44 205 (20) 293 (29) 224 (22) 318 (31) 338 (34) 221 (22) 1,599 (26)
45–54 205 (20) 242 (24) 209 (21) 245 (24) 199 (20) 125 (12) 1,225 (20)
55+ 204 (20) 203 (20) 208 (21) 146 (14) 94 (9) 94 (9) 950 (16)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual 936 (90) 928 (91) 853 (84) 958 (94) 930 (93) 791 (79) 5,398 (88)
Bisexual 40 (4) 42 (4) 42 (4) 23 (2) 30 (3) 80 (8) 257 (4)
Homosexual 31 (3) 24 (2) 43 (4) 13 (1) 26 (3) 36 (4) 173 (3)
Information not provided 36 (3) 28 (3) 73 (7) 30 (3) 17 (2) 98 (10) 282 (5)

*The distribution of respondents by country is similar despite differences in response rate by country because surveys continued to be sent until the target number of responses (~1,000) had been received from each country.