Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics

Age (years)

 Mean (standard deviation)

50.6 (18.6)

51.6 (18.6)

49.6 (18.5)

48.4 (18.2)

48.9 (18.1)

47.8 (18.4)

 Range

14–90

14–90

14–90

14–94

14–94

14–93

Living with partner

 Yes

1517 (60.6%)

769 (57.8)

748 (63.8%)

1370 (55%)

719 (54%)

651 (56.2%)

 No

987 (39.4%)

562 (42.2%)

425 (36.2%)

1119 (45%)

612 (46%)

507 (43.8%)

Citizenship

 German

2411 (96.6%)

1298 (97.5%)

1113 (94.9%)

2429 (96.8%)

1303 (97.3%)

1126 (96.2%)

 Not German

93 (3.7%)

33 (2.5%)

60 (5.1%)

81 (3.2%)

36 (2.7%)

45 (3.8%)

Geographical area^a

 Rural

1034 (41.3%)

543 (40.8%)

491 (41.9%)

1026 (40.9%)

548 (40.9)

478 (40.8%)

 Urban

1470 (58.7%)

788 (59.2%)

682 (58.1%)

1484 (59.1%)

791 (59.1%)

693 (59.2%)

Occupational status

 Full-time

954 (38.1%)

354 (26.6%)

600 (51.2%)

1074 (42.8%)

407 (30.4%)

667 (57%)

 Part-time

206 (8.2%)

189 (14.2%)

17 (1.4%)

281 (11.2%)

246 (18.4%)

35 (3%)

 Hourly

46 (1.8%)

42 (3.2%)

4 (.3%)

60 (2.4%)

54 (4%)

6 (.5%)

 Federal volunteer service/parental leave

12 (.5%)

11 (.8%)

1 (.1%)

25 (1%)

22 (1.6%)

3 (.3%)

 Unemployed

152 (6.1%)

78 (5.9%)

74 (6.3%)

131 (5.2%)

64 (4.8%)

67 (5.7%)

 Retiree

793 (31.7%)

412 (31%)

381 (32.5%)

638 (25.4%)

368 (27.5%)

270 (23.1%)

 Homemaker

179 (7.1%)

175 (13.1%)

4 (.3%)

79 (3.1%)

77 (5.8%)

2 (.2%)

 In training

29 (1.2%)

10 (.8%)

19 (1.6%)

42 (1.7%)

21 (1.6%)

21 (1.8%)

 Student

133 (5.3)

60 (4.5%)

73 (6.2%)

161 (6.4%)

70 (5.2%)

91 (7.8%)

Equivalised disposable income (€/month)

 < 1250

649 (26.9)

379 (29.6)

270 (23.7)

435 (18)

264 (20.5)

170 (15.2)

 1250–2500

1583 (65.5)

803 (62.8)

780 (68.5)

1579 (65.7)

841 (65.3)

738 (66)

 > 2500

185 (7.7)

97 (7.6)

88 (7.7)

392 (16.3)

182 (14.1)

210 (18.8)