Demographic and behavioural characteristics of the GAZEL participants employed in 1995
| Men (n=9631) | Women (n=3595) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | % | N | % | N |
| Age | ||||
| 42–44 | – | – | 24.5 | 880 |
| 45–49 | 44.4 | 4277 | 43.2 | 1555 |
| 50–54 | 47.3 | 4557 | 26.3 | 945 |
| 55–56 | 8.3 | 798 | 6.0 | 216 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 2.1 | 197 | 6.7 | 242 |
| Divorced/widowed | 5.5 | 531 | 18.3 | 656 |
| Married/cohabitating | 92.4 | 8894 | 75.0 | 2696 |
| Educational level | ||||
| Primary | 4.8 | 465 | 6.2 | 222 |
| Lower vocational | 12.6 | 1212 | 19.1 | 686 |
| Lower secondary | 51.3 | 4942 | 49.0 | 1761 |
| Higher vocational | 6.5 | 625 | 11.5 | 413 |
| Higher secondary | 7.0 | 673 | 5.6 | 200 |
| University | 17.8 | 1713 | 8.7 | 314 |
| Occupational status | ||||
| Workers | 7.8 | 746 | – | – |
| Clerks | 2.8 | 269 | 19.4 | 694 |
| Foremen/technicians | 36.8 | 3535 | 10.4 | 372 |
| Administrative associate professionals | 12.6 | 1204 | 58.2 | 2085 |
| Engineers | 22.7 | 2177 | 5.0 | 178 |
| Managers | 17.4 | 1666 | 7.1 | 253 |
| Children | ||||
| 0 | 27.0 | 1802 | 27.2 | 666 |
| 1 or more | 73.0 | 7830 | 72.8 | 2930 |
| Self reported health status | ||||
| Good | 77.4 | 7450 | 71.3 | 2564 |
| Poor | 22.6 | 2182 | 28.7 | 1032 |
| Frequent depressive symptoms | ||||
| Absent | 94.9 | 9142 | 83.4 | 2998 |
| Present | 5.1 | 490 | 16.6 | 598 |
| Smoking | ||||
| No | 79.1 | 7579 | 83.9 | 2987 |
| Yes | 20.9 | 2002 | 16.1 | 572 |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Non-drinker | 8.8 | 755 | 27.2 | 825 |
| Light drinker | 53.0 | 1996 | 49.2 | 1496 |
| Moderate drinker | 23.3 | 4541 | 19.8 | 602 |
| Heavy drinker | 14.8 | 1269 | 3.8 | 115 |
| Overweight | ||||
| No | 72.1 | 6947 | 87.5 | 3148 |
| Yes | 27.9 | 2685 | 12.5 | 448 |