Table 2.
Sample characteristics.
| Specification | Structure in % |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| women | 52.4 |
| men | 47.7 |
| Age | |
| 18– >30 years | 7.6 |
| 30– > 40 years | 17.5 |
| 40– >50 years | 17.8 |
| 50– >60 years | 19.5 |
| 60– >70 years | 21.3 |
| Number of People in Household | |
| 1 | 20.6 |
| 2 | 32.8 |
| 3 | 19.8 |
| 4 | 16.6 |
| 5 and above | 10.3 |
| Education Level | |
| higher | 18.9 |
| secondary vocational or post-secondary | 21.8 |
| secondary general | 9.6 |
| basic vocational | 27.4 |
| lower secondary | 5.1 |
| primary | 17.5 |
| Family Life Phase | |
| Singles, young marriages | 13.9 |
| Families with preschool children | 15.6 |
| Families with school children | 14.4 |
| Families with trainees | 15.0 |
| People, older marriages, professionally active | 20.4 |
| People, older marriages, professionally inactive | 20.8 |
| Income (in Quintile Group) | |
| 1 (20% of people with the lowest income) | 20.0 |
| 2 | 20.0 |
| 3 | 20.0 |
| 4 | 20.0 |
| 5 (20% of people with the highest income) | 20.0 |
| Socio-Economic Group | |
| employees in worker positions | 24.5 |
| employees in non-worker positions | 24.0 |
| farmers | 4.6 |
| self-employed | 6.8 |
| pensioners | 29.9 |
| disability pensioners | 6.3 |
| living on social benefits | 2.6 |
| living on other unearned sources | 1.5 |
| Assessment of Own Financial Situation | |
| good | 13.1 |
| rather good | 19.8 |
| average, neither good nor bad | 54.3 |
| rather bad | 9.5 |
| bad | 3.4 |
| Assessment of Nutrition in Household | |
| good | 46.7 |
| rather good | 28.4 |
| average, neither good nor bad | 22.8 |
| rather bad | 1.6 |
| bad | 0.5 |