Sample Characteristics
About one third of the respondents had a low, intermediate, or high educational level. Nearly half of the sample were females. Age groups were fairly similarly spread across the sample, varying from 5 to 11% per age group. The major exception was the age group from 51 to 60 years, which accounted for about one quarter of the sample. 42.9% were married or living in partnership, 33.7% were unmarried, 12.9% were divorced, and 10.6% of the respondents were widowed. On average, 1.9 persons (median: 2) lived in a household.