Response rates and sociodemographic characteristics of the unweighted study population
| All | Countries (N) | ||||||||
| FR | IR | IT | NL | PL | PT | SE | SP | ||
| Eligibility* (over 2500 each) | 17 633 | 2263 | 2261 | 2220 | 2154 | 2206 | 2311 | 2101 | 2117 |
| Complete interviews | 5631 | 700 | 701 | 713 | 701 | 708 | 703 | 703 | 702 |
| Response rate (%) | 31.9 | 30.9 | 31.0 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 30.4 | 33.5 | 33.2 |
| Valid questionnaires | 5295 | 618 | 675 | 659 | 693 | 674 | 679 | 667 | 630 |
| Characteristics | N (%) | ||||||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Woman† | 2730 (51.6) | 295 (47.7) | 352 (52.1) | 336 (51) | 333 (48.1) | 352 (52.2) | 376 (55.4) | 342 (51.3) | 344 (54.6) |
| Nationality | |||||||||
| Non-European‡ | 105 (2) | 4 (0.6) | 20 (3) | 33 (5) | 8 (1.2) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.4) | 15 (2.2) | 21 (3.3) |
| Age groups | |||||||||
| 18–24 years | 541 (10.2) | 60 (9.7) | 75 (11.1) | 33 (5) | 90 (13) | 62 (9.2) | 46 (6.8) | 85 (12.7) | 90 (14.3) |
| 25.34 years | 792 (15) | 93 (15) | 97 (14.4) | 101 (15.3) | 87 (12.6) | 87 (12.9) | 100 (14.7) | 83 (12.4) | 144 (22.9) |
| 35.44 years | 988 (18.7) | 125 (20.2) | 76 (11.3) | 148 (22.5) | 130 (18.8) | 152 (22.6) | 170 (25) | 98 (14.7) | 89 (14.1) |
| 45.54 years | 1032 (19.5) | 121 (19.6) | 97 (14.4) | 156 (23.7) | 142 (20.5) | 142 (21.1) | 149 (21.9) | 157 (23.5) | 68 (10.8) |
| 55.64 years | 960 (18.1) | 89 (14.4) | 116 (17.2) | 130 (19.7) | 134 (19.3) | 131 (19.4) | 107 (15.8) | 132 (19.8) | 121 (19.2) |
| 65.74 years | 648 (12.2) | 83 (13.4) | 134 (19.9) | 60 (9.1) | 70 (10.1) | 82 (12.2) | 68 (10) | 88 (13.2) | 63 (10) |
| ≥75 years | 334 (6.3) | 47 (7.6) | 80 (11.9) | 31 (4.7) | 40 (5.8) | 18 (2.7) | 39 (5.7) | 24 (3.6) | 55 (8.7) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 2545 (48.1) | 282 (45.6) | 409 (60.6) | 331 (50.2) | 244 (35.2) | 432 (64.1) | 323 (47.6) | 228 (34.2) | 296 (47) |
| Civil union | 289 (5.5) | 39 (6.3) | 59 (8.7) | 33 (5) | 18 (2.6) | 47 (7) | 30 (4.4) | 23 (3.4) | 40 (6.3) |
| Widowed | 530 (10) | 72 (11.7) | 40 (5.9) | 79 (12) | 60 (8.7) | 54 (8) | 109 (16.1) | 54 (8.1) | 62 (9.8) |
| Separated/divorced | 585 (11) | 114 (18.4) | 40 (5.9) | 35 (5.3) | 139 (20.1) | 38 (5.6) | 55 (8.1) | 134 (20.1) | 30 (4.8) |
| Single | 1346 (25.4) | 111 (18) | 127 (18.8) | 181 (27.5) | 232 (33.5) | 103 (15.3) | 162 (23.9) | 228 (34.2) | 202 (32.1) |
| Educational attainment | |||||||||
| Lower secondary | 529 (10) | 42 (6.8) | 50 (7.4) | 129 (19.6) | 32 (4.6) | 21 (3.1) | 183 (27) | 5 (0.7) | 67 (10.6) |
| Upper secondary or vocational | 2092 (39.5) | 239 (38.7) | 241 (35.7) | 238 (36.1) | 324 (46.8) | 340 (50.4) | 188 (27.6) | 312 (46.8) | 210 (33.3) |
| University degree | 2567 (48.5) | 335 (54.2) | 347 (51.4) | 278 (42.2) | 316 (45.6) | 307 (45.5) | 302 (44.5) | 343 (51.4) | 339 (53.8) |
| DK/R | 107 (2) | 2 (0.3) | 37 (5.5) | 14 (2.1) | 21 (3) | 6 (0.9) | 6 (0.9) | 7 (1) | 14 (2.2) |
| Employment status | |||||||||
| Full time | 2502 (47.3) | 322 (52.1) | 246 (36.4) | 311 (47.2) | 293 (42.3) | 355 (52.7) | 414 (61) | 306 (45.9) | 255 (40.5) |
| Part time | 682 (12.9) | 68 (11) | 83 (12.3) | 71 (10.8) | 127 (18.3) | 89 (13.2) | 40 (5.9) | 110 (16.5) | 94 (14.9) |
| Unemployed | 383 (7.2) | 31 (5) | 36 (5.3) | 73 (11.1) | 34 (4.9) | 26 (3.9) | 56 (8.2) | 32 (4.8) | 95 (15.1) |
| Retired | 1084 (20.5) | 141 (22.8) | 234 (34.7) | 104 (15.8) | 117 (16.9) | 120 (17.8) | 120 (17.7) | 131 (19.6) | 117 (18.6) |
| Other | 576 (10.9) | 56 (9.1) | 75 (11.1) | 66 (10) | 108 (15.6) | 80 (11.9) | 45 (6.6) | 83 (12.4) | 63 (10) |
| DK/R | 68 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 34 (5.2) | 14 (2) | 4 (0.6) | 4 (0.6) | 5 (0.7) | 6 (1) |
| Income per annum | |||||||||
| <€30 000 | 2375 (44.9) | 281 (45.5) | 106 (15.7) | 327 (49.6) | 300 (43.3) | 449 (66.6) | 435 (64.1) | 147 (22) | 330 (52.4) |
| >€30 000 | 1408 (26.6) | 267 (43.2) | 136 (20.1) | 138 (20.9) | 176 (25.4) | 53 (7.9) | 68 (10) | 414 (62.1) | 156 (24.8) |
| DK/R | 1512 (28.6) | 70 (11.3) | 433 (64.1) | 194 (29.4) | 217 (31.3) | 172 (25.5) | 176 (25.9) | 106 (15.9) | 144 (22.9) |
| Living area | |||||||||
| Rural | 951 (18) | 151 (24.4) | 188 (27.9) | 91 (13.8) | 157 (22.7) | 87 (12.9) | 45 (6.6) | 163 (24.4) | 69 (11) |
| Semiurban | 1358 (25.6) | 160 (25.9) | 215 (31.9) | 228 (34.6) | 180 (26) | 110 (16.3) | 72 (10.6) | 281 (42.1) | 112 (17.8) |
| Urban | 2898 (54.7) | 304 (49.2) | 250 (37) | 334 (50.7) | 335 (48.3) | 458 (68) | 558 (82.2) | 215 (32.2) | 444 (70.5) |
| DK/R | 88 (1.7) | 3 (0.5) | 22 (3.3) | 6 (0.9) | 21 (3) | 19 (2.8) | 4 (0.6) | 8 (1.2) | 5 (0.8) |
The proportion of missing values for all variables in the table was <2%.
*Eligible but not interviewed: included population sample who refused, who were unreachable or with a language problem; not eligible population sample included non-targeted population (eg, aged under 18 or non-European citizens) or for whom telephone numbers were not in service.
†The proportion of 'Man' can be deduced
‡The proportion of 'European' answers can be deduced.
DK/R, don’t know or refusal to answer; FR, France; IR, Ireland; IT, Italy; NL, Netherlands; PL, Poland; PT, Portugal; SE, Sweden; SP, Spain.