Table 1.
Weighted characteristics of the study population: case numbers and proportions by gender
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour force status | ||||
| Employed | 70,276 | 70.3% | 65,994 | 59.4% |
| Employed, not working | 5 | < 0.1% | 75 | < 0.1% |
| Unemployed | 4298 | 4.3% | 4085 | 3.7% |
| Not labour force | 25,080 | 25.1% | 40,609 | 36.5% |
| Missing | 363 | 0.4% | 355 | 0.3% |
| SRH | ||||
| Satisfying or good SRH | 84,552 | 84.5% | 90,618 | 81.6% |
| Poor SRH | 15,304 | 15.3% | 20,226 | 18.2% |
| Missing | 166 | 0.2% | 275 | 0.2% |
| Physical HRQoL | ||||
| Average or good physical HRQOL | 81,195 | 81.2% | 85,436 | 76.9% |
| Poor physical HRQOL | 14,177 | 14.2% | 19,077 | 17.2% |
| Missing | 4650 | 4.6% | 6606 | 5.9% |
| Mental HRQoL | ||||
| Average or good mental HRQOL | 82,228 | 82.2% | 84,286 | 75.9% |
| Poor mental HRQOL | 13,142 | 13.1% | 20,227 | 18.2% |
| Missing | 4652 | 4.7% | 6606 | 5.9% |
| Survey year | ||||
| 2002 | 11,221 | 11.2% | 12,379 | 11.1% |
| 2004 | 11,199 | 11.2% | 12,333 | 11.1% |
| 2006 | 11,203 | 11.2% | 12,514 | 11.3% |
| 2008 | 11,297 | 11.3% | 12,629 | 11.4% |
| 2010 | 11,239 | 11.2% | 12,564 | 11.3% |
| 2012 | 10,799 | 10.8% | 12,207 | 11.0% |
| 2014 | 10,841 | 10.8% | 12,117 | 10.9% |
| 2016 | 11,117 | 11.1% | 12,182 | 11.0% |
| 2018 | 11,105 | 11.1% | 12,194 | 11.0% |
Self-Rated Health (SRH), Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), weighting was done by using cross-sectional weights to match official population statistics; data: German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 2002–2018, individuals aged 18–74 years