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. 2015 Jan 13;24(1):11–31. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1458

Table 3.

Characteristics of the general population telephone samples, the German population and the sample undergoing the in‐depth clinical interview

General population Participants in the in‐depth clinical interviewb (N = 594)
Telephone samples (N = 15,023) Total population aged 14–64 yearsc
Unweighted Weighted
n % % % n %
Sampling frame
landline 14,022 93.3 86.0 86.0
mobile‐only 1001 6.7 14.0 14.0
Gender
female 8300 55.3 49.4 49.4 113 19.0
male 6723 44.8 50.6 50.6 481 81.0
Age (in years)
14–17 947 6.3 6.5 6.1 12 2.0
18–24 1990 13.3 12.2 12.4 75 12.6
25–34 2848 19.0 17.5 17.6 126 21.2
35–44 3163 21.1 23.8 23.1 142 23.9
45–54 3437 23.0 22.7 23.3 163 27.4
55–64 2580 17.2 17.3 17.5 76 12.8
no information 58 0
Educational levela
still in school 736 4.9 4.9 4.8 9 1.5
no graduation 177 1.2 4.0 3.9 11 1.9
< 10 years of schooling 2193 14.7 29.8 29.4 161 27.2
10 years of schooling 4746 31.9 31.7 32.7 203 34.2
>10 years of schooling 7051 47.3 29.6 29.2 209 35.2
no information 120 1
Migration
born in Germany 13,292 88.7 84.2 84.0 520 87.7
born abroad 1701 11.4 15.8 16.0 73 12.3
no information 30 1
Currently unemployed
no 14,365 95.6 93.8 93.8 456 77.0
yes 658 4.4 6.2 6.2 136 23.0
no information 0 2
a

The highest graduation level was classified according to the usual years of schooling for the respective grade.

b

Including all recruitment channels.

c

Data provided by the German Federal Statistical Office.