Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Covariates; Means and Standard Deviations (in parentheses) for Continuous Variables, Percentages for Categorical Variables

Welfare regime
Bismarckian; Scandinavian; Southern European	56.9%; 15.6%; 27.6%
Age at baseline	64.0 (10.0)
Sex
Male; female	46.5%; 53.5%
Self-rated health	3.0 (1.1)
EURO-D	2.3 (2.2)
Education	2.7 (1.6)
Job skill level
Low; high	73.0%; 27.0%
Ever smoked
No; yes	52.5%; 47.5%
Frequent drinking
No; yes	61.2%; 38.8%
Part of refreshment sample
No; yes	35.8%; 64.2%