Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the cross-sectional sample and the whole cohort of asylum seekers in 2015 in Halle (Saale), Germany.

		cross-sectional sample N = 214		whole population > 15yrs N = 4 107
		n	%	n	%
Age [years]	16–24	60	28	1228	36.3
	25–34	100	46.7	1314	38.8
	35–44	27	12.6	546	16.1
	≥45	14	6.5	300	8.9
	missing	13	6.1	.	.
	average:	29.16	range: 16–65	29.9	range: 16–89
Gender	male	182	85	2625	77.5
	female	24	11.2	763	22.5
	missing	8	3.7	.	.
Marital status	married	92	43.0	825	24.4
	single	115	53.7	2366	69.8
	divorced	2	0.9	24	0.7
	widowed	2	0.9	9	0.3
	unknown	3	1.4	162	4.8
Country of origin	Syria	145	67.8	1581	46.7
	Afghanistan	28	13.1	269	7.9
	Benin	11	5.1	157	4.6
	Iran	10	4.7	161	4.8
	India	5	2.3	103	3.0
	Other	15	7.0	1116	32.9