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Table 1 Description of the study population and variables (European Social Survey, weighted, N = 36,263)

From: Emotional support, education and self-rated health in 22 European countries

Country (response rate in %; N)

Education (upper secondary or higher, %)

Emotional support (existence of a confidant, %)

Self-rated health (good or very good, %)

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Austria (60.4; 1,993)

70.5

68.3

90.3

91.8

76.6

74.7

Belgium (59.2; 1,511)

67.8

61.9

86.2

85.7

78.6

73.7

Czech Rep. (43.3; 1,183)

93.8

81.4

85.9

85.3

57.2

46.1

Denmark (67.5; 1,301)

82.1

76.7

91.7

94.2

78.7

75.6

Finland (73.2; 1,670)

61.8

62.2

87.2

92.7

63.2

62.1

France (43.1; 1,321)

46.9

43.8

86.0

88.1

61.5

55.9

Germany (57.1; 2,525)

94.9

85.2

94.5

96.5

57.7

55.5

Greece (80.0; 2,290)

44.6

36.1

91.5

90.9

77.2

65.6

Hungary (69.9; 1,436)

37.2

38.5

90.9

92.6

42.7

35.4

Ireland (64.5; 1,753)

52.4

53.9

90.1

93.1

84.7

81.9

Israel (71.0; 1,920)

79.0

82.3

90.2

91.8

72.3

65.7

Italy (43.7; 1,073)

44.3

40.5

74.3

80.9

66.8

56.4

Luxembourg (43.9; 1,182)

65.9

56.0

84.6

90.4

69.1

59.3

Netherlands (67.9; 2,170)

62.8

52.4

92.9

94.6

76.3

71.8

Norway (65.0; 1,810)

84.3

83.0

94.9

96.4

76.5

70.0

Poland (73.2; 1,639)

40.5

47.6

86.8

87.5

53.2

42.2

Portugal (68.8; 1,312)

20.8

20.2

90.5

88.7

54.1

38.8

Sweden (69.5; 1,713)

51.0

51.6

89.2

93.3

74.9

68.4

Slovenia (70.5; 1,252)

77.1

65.6

90.9

86.7

58.5

44.2

Spain (53.2; 1,517)

42.8

37.8

89.6

90.7

65.9

57.1

Switzerland (33.5; 1,860)

89.3

81.9

96.7

95.3

86.3

81.3

UK (60.6; 1,832)

48.6

43.3

89.4

93.5

72.5

71.3