Table 1.

Description of the sample.

Variables	Women			Men
	n Unweighted	% Weighted	Missing % Unweighted	n Unweighted	% Weighted	Missing % Unweighted
Total	21,379	100.0	0	17,717	100.0	0
Outcome variables
Poor self-rated general health			0.1			0.1
Yes	3921	19.9		2663	17.5
No	17,442	80.1		15,044	82.5
Depression			0.3			0.1
Yes	1931	8.6		889	5.2
No	19,382	91.4		16,804	94.8
Back pain			0.1			0.1
Yes	3868	18.9		2115	13.3
No	17,484	81.1		15,580	86.7
Overweight			2.8			1.0
Yes	6875	35.0		9054	53.7
No	13,898	65.0		8,486	46.3
Smoking			<0.1			<0.1
Yes	6780	33.4		6613	40.0
No	14,590	66.6		11,100	60.0
Sporting inactivity			0.1			<0.1
Yes	5490	29.2		4451	29.0
No	15,878	70.8		13,260	71.0
Predictor and control variables
Age groups			0			0
18–24 years	3221	15.9		3262	16.2
25–34 years	4408	24.1		3650	24.0
35–44 years	6771	27.1		5187	27.0
45–54 years	6979	33.0		5618	32.8
Parental status			0			0
Child(ren) in household	9731	55.3		6082	37.0
No child in household	11,648	44.7		11,635	63.0
Pre-school child in household (0–6 years)			0			0
Yes	4109	19.2		2688	15.2
No	17,270	80.8		15,029	84.8
Partner status			0.4			0.6
Partner	13,022	67.6		10,097	63.7
No partner	8266	32.3		7521	36.3
Socioeconomic status			0.2			0.2
High	6492	16.0		6120	17.0
Middle	12,608	61.6		9680	59.2
Low	2236	22.4		1889	23.8
Employment status			0.5			0.4
Full-time employed	7919	34.2		13,581	76.4
Part-time employed	8496	39.8		1692	9.1
Not employed	4867	26.0		2379	14.5
Residential region			0			0
West Germany	17,195	80.5		14,216	79.9
East Germany	4184	19.5		3501	20.1
Survey year			0			0
2009	7909	37.5		6058	34.2
2010	8186	38.5		6269	34.6
2012	5284	24.0		5390	31.2