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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of selected characteristics of the sample
Variable | Characteristics | Share of respondents [N = 1.000] |
|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 51% |
Female | 49% | |
Age | 18–24 | 12% |
25–34 | 14% | |
35–44 | 15% | |
45–54 | 16% | |
55–64 | 18% | |
65 or above | 25% | |
Educational level | No degree (yet) | 2% |
Secondary general school | 27% | |
Secondary school | 31% | |
Academic secondary school | 17% | |
University | 17% | |
Other education | 7% | |
Employment status | Full-time employed (35 h/ week) | 36% |
Part-time employed (18 to 35 h/ week) | 11% | |
Marginally employed (11 to 18 h/ week) | 4% | |
Student / trainee | 10% | |
Retired | 30% | |
Other employment, unemployed or temporary exemption from work (e.g. parental leave) | 9% | |
Driving license | Percentage of possession | 82% |
Car in household | Percentage of possession (at least 1 car) | 79% |
Place of residence - regional type | Urban region | 63% |
Rural region | 37% | |
Place of residence - state | Baden-Württemberg | 13% |
Bavaria (Bayern) | 18% | |
Berlin | 4% | |
Brandenburg | 3% | |
Bremen | 0.4% | |
Hamburg | 1% | |
Hesse (Hessen) | 7% | |
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) | 9% | |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 2% | |
North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | 21% | |
Rhineland-Palatinate (Reinland-Pfalz) | 5% | |
Saarland | 1% | |
Saxony (Sachsen) | 5% | |
Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt) | 3% | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 3% | |
Thuringia (Thüringen) | 3% |