Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample.
| Demographic variable | Female (n = 353) | Male (n = 120) | Total (n = 494)* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||||
| <35 | 101 | 28.6 | 33 | 27.5 | 140 | 28.3 |
| 36–49 | 123 | 34.8 | 23 | 19.2 | 155 | 311.4 |
| 50–60 | 95 | 26.9 | 35 | 29.2 | 139 | 28.1 |
| 60+ | 34 | 9.6 | 29 | 24.2 | 60 | 12.1 |
| Nationality | ||||||
| German | 284 | 80.5 | 93 | 77.5 | 377 | 80.6 |
| Polish | 69 | 19.5 | 27 | 22.5 | 96 | 19.4 |
| Education level | ||||||
| Secondary education | 147 | 41.6 | 52 | 43.3 | 208 | 42.1 |
| University education | 206 | 58.4 | 68 | 56.7 | 286 | 57.9 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 83 | 23.5 | 29 | 24.2 | 115 | 23.3 |
| Married or partnership | 208 | 58.9 | 69 | 57.5 | 295 | 59.7 |
| Divorced or separated | 32 | 9.1 | 7 | 5.8 | 39 | 7.9 |
| Widow/widower | 1 | 0.3 | – | – | 1 | 0.2 |
| Missing data | 29 | 8.2 | 15 | 12.5 | 44 | 8.9 |
*
21 participants did not answer the question about gender, therefore the total sample is not equal to the sum of men and women.