Weighted sample characteristics in % by gender and educational level (CASMIN)
| Women (n=88 966) | |||||
| Educational level | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Age group | |||||
| 50–54 years | 33.2 | 32.4 | 42.2 | 45.0 | 41.8 |
| 55–59 years | 33.2 | 32.9 | 32.4 | 31.9 | 32.3 |
| 60–64 years | 33.6 | 34.7 | 25.4 | 23.1 | 25.9 |
| Missing* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Occupational position† | |||||
| Low | 84.4 | 54.2 | 32.3 | 21.7 | 7.8 |
| Intermediate | 14.1 | 41.5 | 58.2 | 50.1 | 22.8 |
| High | 1.4 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 28.3 | 69.4 |
| Missing | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Household net income‡ | |||||
| <60% median | 21.1 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| 60% to <150% | 72.4 | 72.2 | 65.4 | 59.9 | 38.7 |
| ≥150% | 6.5 | 17.2 | 25.4 | 33.1 | 55.7 |
| Missing | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 67.3 | 68.4 | 76.7 | 82.3 | 84.5 |
| Unemployed | 7.3 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Early retired 60–64 years | 18.1 | 17.2 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 8.2 |
| Early retired <60 years | 7.4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| Missing | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Nationality | |||||
| German | 83.5 | 96.2 | 99.0 | 89.7 | 89.1 |
| Others | 16.5 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
| Missing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sickness absence (last year)§ | |||||
| Yes | 78.6 | 74.0 | 69.3 | 68.4 | 67.8 |
| No | 21.4 | 26.0 | 30.7 | 31.6 | 32.2 |
| Missing | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Men (n=85 585) | |||||
| Age group | |||||
| 50–54 years | 39.0 | 34.2 | 43.7 | 40.0 | 37.7 |
| 55–59 years | 34.1 | 33.4 | 32.1 | 32.5 | 32.6 |
| 60–64 years | 26.9 | 32.5 | 24.2 | 27.5 | 29.7 |
| Missing* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Occupational position† | |||||
| Low | 63.7 | 23.8 | 13.9 | 9.4 | 4.0 |
| Intermediate | 33.3 | 65.2 | 58.1 | 31.2 | 12.6 |
| High | 3.1 | 11.0 | 28.0 | 59.4 | 83.3 |
| Missing | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Household net income‡ | |||||
| <60% median | 20.3 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 3.9 |
| 60% to <150% | 72.6 | 73.8 | 64.0 | 52.5 | 35.1 |
| ≥150% | 7.1 | 16.1 | 28.4 | 41.7 | 61.0 |
| Missing | 4.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 59.1 | 66.7 | 78.3 | 78.6 | 86.3 |
| Unemployed | 13.9 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 4.6 |
| Early retired 60–64 years | 17.2 | 17.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 7.2 |
| Early retired <60 years | 9.8 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
| Missing | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Nationality | |||||
| German | 65.4 | 93.9 | 98.7 | 90.8 | 92.1 |
| Others | 34.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 9.2 | 7.9 |
| Missing | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sickness absence (last year)§ | |||||
| Yes | 72.3 | 65.2 | 60.4 | 51.1 | 53.1 |
| No | 27.7 | 34.8 | 39.6 | 48.9 | 46.9 |
| Missing | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
Notes: Educational classification according to CASMIN (Comparative Analysis of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations): 1: lowest, 2: low, 3: intermediate, 4: high, 5: highest, number of cases in women 1: n=16 569, 2: n=25 152, 3: n=22 615, 4: n=13 531, 5: n=10 320, missing values 0.8%; men: 1: n=9447, 2: n=31 130, 3: n=15 868, 4: n=14285,5: n=14 135, missing values: 0.6%.
*The missing values are not added together with the valid values to 100%, but are added separately.
†Occupational position: low: unskilled, semiskilled and skilled workers, farmers, salaried employees with simple activities and civil servants in the ordinary service, intermediate: self-employed persons without employees, salaried employees with qualified activities and civil servants in the middle civil service, high: self-employed persons with employees, salaried employees with highly qualified jobs, master/mistress, civil servants in the upper and higher levels of the civil service.
‡Based on modified equivalence scale: <60% of the median household income (poverty risk threshold), between 60% and 150% of the median household income and >150% of the median household income.
§At least one day not worked last year due to illness.
n, maximum number of observations.