Characteristic | Women (n=648) | Men (n=512) | Total (n=1160) | |||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age (mean, SD) | 51.9 | (0.33) | 51.9 | (0.37) | 51.9 | (0.35) |
Basic education, completed high school | ||||||
Yes (12 years) | 392 | 60.7 | 250 | 49.0 | 642 | 55.5 |
No (9 years) | 254 | 39.3 | 260 | 51.0 | 514 | 44.5 |
Highest level of education | ||||||
University level | 152 | 23.6 | 123 | 24.2 | 275 | 23.9 |
Polytechnic or equivalent institution | 299 | 46.4 | 177 | 34.8 | 476 | 41.3 |
Vocational school or less | 194 | 30.1 | 208 | 40.9 | 402 | 34.9 |
Employment status | ||||||
Working full-time | 511 | 79.0 | 431 | 84.7 | 942 | 81.5 |
Working part-time | 50 | 7.7 | 13 | 2.6 | 63 | 5.4 |
Unemployed | 42 | 6.5 | 26 | 5.1 | 68 | 5.9 |
Disability pension, retired or long-term sick leave | 27 | 4.2 | 31 | 6.1 | 58 | 5.0 |
Other | 17 | 2.6 | 8 | 1.6 | 25 | 2.2 |
Household income (EUR) | ||||||
0–1999 | 91 | 14.2 | 62 | 12.2 | 153 | 13.4 |
2000–3999 | 232 | 36.3 | 153 | 30.2 | 385 | 33.6 |
4000–6999 | 257 | 40.2 | 223 | 44.0 | 480 | 41.9 |
7000– | 59 | 9.2 | 69 | 13.6 | 128 | 11.2 |
Housing | ||||||
Owner-occupied flat/house | 513 | 79.3 | 413 | 81.3 | 926 | 80.2 |
Right of residence apartments or part-ownership dwelling | 20 | 3.1 | 13 | 2.6 | 33 | 2.9 |
Rented flat | 110 | 17.0 | 79 | 15.6 | 189 | 16.4 |
Other | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 7 | 0.6 |
Marital status | ||||||
Unmarried | 76 | 11.7 | 69 | 13.5 | 145 | 12.5 |
Married | 387 | 59.7 | 316 | 61.7 | 703 | 60.6 |
Cohabiting | 93 | 14.4 | 84 | 16.4 | 177 | 15.3 |
Divorced or separated | 82 | 12.7 | 42 | 8.2 | 124 | 10.7 |
Widowed | 10 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 11 | 0.9 |
Having children | ||||||
0 | 121 | 19.1 | 100 | 19.8 | 221 | 19.4 |
1 | 86 | 13.6 | 77 | 15.3 | 163 | 14.3 |
2 | 233 | 36.8 | 167 | 33.1 | 400 | 35.1 |
3 or more | 194 | 30.6 | 160 | 31.7 | 354 | 31.1 |
Good self-perceived health† | 466 | 72.6 | 341 | 66.7 | 807 | 70.0 |
Depressed* | 146 | 22.5 | 80 | 15.7 | 226 | 19.5 |
Body mass index (mean, SD) | 27.3 | (5.52) | 28.2 | (4.75) | 27.7 | (5.21) |
Daily smoking | 84 | 13.0 | 70 | 13.9 | 154 | 13.4 |
Alcohol use | ||||||
2 times/week or more often | 124 | 19.2 | 166 | 32.5 | 290 | 25.1 |
*Short 13-item Beck Depression Inventory score ≥5.
†Self-perceived health 'rather good' or 'very good'.