Table 1

MAREPS population survey, sample description

	Belgium (Flanders)	Finland^1-150(Pirkanmaa)	Germany Eastern part (Saxony)	Germany Western part (Northrhine-Westfalia)	Netherlands whole country	Spain^1-151(Catalonia)	Switzerland (German speaking part)	Total
Gross sample	1174	1100	2865	1403	1071	760	848	9221
Net sample	805	659	1676	963	872	545	728	6248
Realised sample	389	400^1-150	913	489	366	380	406	3343
Response rate in %	48.3	60.7	54.5	50.8	41.9	69.7	55.8	53.5
Women
N	209	211	548	270	217	206	240	1901
%	53.7	52.8	60	55.2	59.3	54.2	59.1	56.9
Men
N	180	189	365	219	149	174	166	1442
%	46.3	47.3	40	44.8	40.7	45.8	40.9	43.1
Age
M	43	54	48	46	48	40	46	47
SD	16.15	16.05	17.06	16.36	16.77	17.1	15.5	16.92

Income (gross yearly in 1000 ECU)
M	34.86	25.87	23.89	31.7	28.86	23.35	57.46	31.76
SD	29.63	17.51	12.18	15.4	19.51	19.82	31.99	23.6

↵1-150 In Finland, the net sample was determined excluding persons either (1) not listed in the telephone book or (2) not identifiable via last name and address.
↵1-151 In Spain, the survey was conducted by face to face instead of telephone interviews.