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Table 1 Sample description

From: The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

  

Total (N = 2463)

Women (n = 1315)

Men (n = 1148)

  

%

%

%

Age

mean

49.4

49.9

48.9

 

SD

17.7

17.7

17.7

 

range

14-95

14-95

14-89

Age groups

14-19

4.5

3.3

5.8

 

20-29

12.1

12.5

11.6

 

30-39

13.7

14.1

13.2

 

40-49

18.6

18.6

18.6

 

50-59

19.7

19.9

19.5

 

60-69

16.7

15.6

18.0

 

70+

14.7

16.0

13.2

Marital status

unmarried

27.2

23.1

31.9

 

married

48.2

46.1

50.4

 

divorced

13.9

14.8

12.8

 

widowed

10.7

15.9

4.8

Children

yes

24.8

27.5

22.0

Migration

yes

3.7

3.7

3.6

Religion

Christian

67.9

70.9

64.5

 

Muslim

2.4

1.9

3.1

 

other

1.7

2.2

1.0

 

no religion

27.9

24.9

31.4

Education

<10th grade

35.2

34.1

36.4

 

completed 10th grade

36.9

40.3

32.9

 

high school

12.0

9.0

10.1

 

college/university

10.0

8.8

11.3

 

without graduation

3.2

3.3

3.0

 

other

2.8

4.5

6.3

Employment

Employed

54.1

52.1

56.5

 

Student/training

6.5

5.5

7.8

 

Unemployed

6.1

5.8

6.3

 

Retired

28.3

28.4

28.3

 

Household

4.0

6.9

0.8

 

other

10

1.3

0.3

Incomea

≤750

16.1

23.7

7.9

 

751-1250

30.3

36.6

23.3

 

1251-2000

35.1

31.1

39.5

 

2001-3500

16.0

7.6

25.2

 

>3500

2.6

1.2

4.1

  1. a €/month per person