Table 1.
Basic sociodemographic characteristics of the dyadic sample (by Country)
| Norway | Denmark | Belgium | Portugal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male partner | Female partner | Male partner | Female partner | Male partner | Female partner | Male partner | Female partner | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| 60–65 | 57 (26.1) | 93 (42.7) | 59 (28.5) | 78 (37.7) | 38 (28.1) | 66 (48.9) | 50 (42.7) | 72 (61.5) |
| 66–70 | 85 (39.0) | 86 (39.4) | 73 (35.3) | 90 (43.5) | 60 (44.4) | 48 (35.6) | 42 (35.9) | 35 (29.9) |
| 71–75 | 76 (34.9) | 39 (17.9) | 75 (36.2) | 39 (18.8) | 37 (27.4) | 21 (15.6) | 25 (21.4) | 10 (8.5) |
| Education | ||||||||
| Primary education | 26 (11.9) | 27 (12.4) | 59 (28.9) | 50 (24.3) | 17 (15.6) | 25 (18.6) | 38 (32.5) | 50 (42.7) |
| Secondary education | 65 (29.8) | 86 (39.4) | 72 (34.3) | 79 (38.4) | 72 (50.3) | 71 (52.9) | 62 (53.0) | 47 (50.2) |
| Tertiary education | 127 (58.2) | 104 (47.7) | 73 (35.8) | 77 (37.4) | 46 (34.1) | 38 (28.4) | 17 (14.5) | 20 (17.1) |
| Current relationship duration | ||||||||
| Up to 10 years | 13 (6.0) | 13 (6.3) | 13 (9.6) | 23 (19.7) | ||||
| 11–20 years | 14 (6.4) | 5 (2.4) | 3 (2.2) | 4 (3.4) | ||||
| 21–30 years | 17 (7.8) | 12 (5.8) | 6 (4.4) | 9 (7.7) | ||||
| 31–40 years | 34 (15.6) | 33 (15.9) | 24 (17.8) | 29 (24.8) | ||||
| 41 or more years | 119 (54.6) | 136 (65.7) | 82 (60.7) | 39 (33.3) | ||||
| Religiosity | ||||||||
| Never | 78 (35.8) | 66 (30.3) | 65 (31.4) | 52 (25.1) | 50 (37.0) | 51 (37.8) | 29 (24.8) | 23 (19.7) |
| Less than once a year | 50 (22.9) | 47 (21.6) | 50 (24.2) | 54 (26.1) | 21 (15.6) | 11 (8.1) | 18 (15.4) | 14 (12.0) |
| Once a year | 32 (14.7) | 24 (11.0) | 30 (14.5) | 33 (15.9) | 10 (7.4) | 12 (8.9) | 15 (12.8) | 5 (4.3) |
| Twice a year | 30 (13.8) | 47 (21.6) | 35 (16.9) | 34 (16.4) | 23 (17.0) | 29 (21.5) | 17 (14.5) | 17 (14.5) |
| Once a month | 9 (4.1) | 11 (5.0) | 13 (6.3) | 20 (9.7) | 14 (10.4) | 16 (11.9) | 12 (10.3) | 13 (11.1) |
| Once every 2 weeks | 7 (3.2) | 10 (4.6) | 6 (2.9) | 7 (3.4) | 8 (5.9) | 5 (3.7) | 7 (6.0) | 15 (12.8) |
| Once a week or more | 11 (5.0) | 10 (4.6) | 5 (2.4) | 5 (2.4) | 9 (6.7) | 7 (5.2) | 16 (13.7) | 27 (23.1) |
| Place of residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 69 (31.7) | 81 (39.1) | 30 (22.2) | 11 (9.4) | ||||
| Small town | 81 (37.2) | 67 (32.4) | 70 (51.9) | 30 (25.6) | ||||
| Medium-sized city | 24 (11.0) | 28 (13.5) | 18 (13.3) | 22 (18.8) | ||||
| Suburb of a large city | 19 (8.7) | 20 (9.7) | 8 (5.9) | 17 (14.5) | ||||
| Central large city | 25 (11.5) | 9 (4.3) | 4 (3.0) | 34 (29.1) | ||||