Table 1.

Participants of the food consumption survey, Germany, 2017

Variable	Number of participants	%
Sex
Female	602	59.6
Male	408	40.4
Age group (years)
18–34	102	10.1
35–64	539	53.3
65 and older	369	36.5
Region of residency
North	194	19.2
West	303	30.0
South	270	26.7
East	243	24.1
Area of residency
Rural	340	33.7
Urban	670	66.3
Level of education
Low-medium	506	50.2
High	501	49.8

Total number of participants (completed interviews) was 1010.