Table 1

Distribution of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the study population by gender

	Men		Women
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics	N	%	N	%
Education
Basic education	3034	33	3136	29
Secondary education	4382	47	5041	47
University degree	1908	21	2481	23
Occupational social class
Employers and self employed workers	1066	11	779	7
Upper white collar employees	1369	15	1332	13
Lower white collar employees	1301	14	3640	34
Blue collar workers	2474	27	1658	16
Early retired	1246	13	1182	11
Unemployed	1376	15	1356	13
Other/unknown	492	5	711	7
Age (y)
25–29	997	11	1252	12
30–34	1162	13	1325	12
35–39	1174	13	1446	14
40–44	1298	14	1493	14
45–49	1405	15	1611	15
50–54	1224	13	1396	13
55–59	1079	12	1132	11
60–64	985	11	1003	9
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	6883	74	7809	74
Single	1641	18	1365	13
Divorced or separated	685	7	1072	10
Widowed	83	1	369	4
Having children in the family
No	5517	59	5858	55
Yes	3807	41	4800	45