Table 1.
Weighted sample characteristics in % by time period, GSOEP 2002–2018, n = 198,391.
| 2002/04 (n = 44,896) |
2006/08 (n = 44,749) |
2010/12 (n = 40,778) |
2014/16 (n = 45,041) |
2018 (n = 22,927) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| Sex | |||||
| women | 52.0 | 52.0 | 51.9 | 51.7 | 51.6 |
| men | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 48.3 | 48.4 |
| missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Age groups in years | |||||
| 30–49 | 43.6 | 42.8 | 40.2 | 37.4 | 36.0 |
| 50–64 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 29.4 | 31.6 | 32.7 |
| 65–79 | 22.4 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 22.9 |
| 80+ | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
| missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HRQOL | |||||
| PCS (Mean/SD) | 47.5/10.4 | 47.5/10.4 | 46.9/10.4 | 47.3/10.4 | 47.4/10.4 |
| MCS (Mean/SD) | 49.5/10.4 | 50.0/10.3 | 49.9/10.3 | 51.0/10.2 | 51.2/9.9 |
| missing MCS/PCS | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
GSOEP: German Socio-Economic Panel; n = weighted number of observations, HRQOL = Health-related quality of life.
MCS = Mental Component Scale, PCS = Physical Component Scale, Mean/SD = Mean value/Standard deviation.