Table 3.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (n = 502)

Item	Characteristic	%	n
Marital status (n = 374)	Married	44·4	166
	Widowed	29·7	111
	Divorced	9·6	36
	Single	16·3	61
Employment status (n = 373)	Employed	8·8	33
	Not employed	91·2	340
Reason for unemployment (n = 346)	Retired	85·0	294
	Housewife	6·1	21
	Unemployed	6·6	23
	Other	2·3	8
Education (n = 372)	Grammar school or higher	14·7	55
	Secondary general school	56·7	211
	Intermediate secondary	22·6	84
	Other/none final school	4·6/1·3	17/5