Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of GMEa surveys
Survey (year of survey) | S1 (2004) | S2 (2005) | S4 (2008) | S6 (2012) | S7 (2014) | S8 (2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (N) | 6350 | 6206 | 5336 | 5052 | 4732 | 4767 |
Characteristic | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 3319 (52.3) | 3216 (51.8) | 2738 (51.3) | 2668 (53.0) | 2418 (51.5) | 2420 (51.3) |
Female | 3030 (47.7) | 2989 (48.2) | 2598 (48.7) | 2370 (46.9) | 2286 (48.3) | 2296 (48.1) |
Missing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 34 | 51 |
Urbanisation | ||||||
Urbanised area | 2640 (41.6) | 2763 (44.5) | 2598 (48.7) | 2725 (54.0) | 2512 (53.1) | 2453 (51.5) |
Rural area | 3710 (58.4) | 3443 (55.4) | 2738 (51.3) | 2327 (46.0) | 2220 (46.9) | 2314 (48.5) |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parental Education | ||||||
High | 2322 (37.8) | 2317 (38.6) | 2127 (41.2) | 2235 (46.7) | 2295 (50.2) | 2416 (52.7) |
Middle | 2105 (34.2) | 2052 (34.2) | 1812 (35.1) | 1624 (33.9) | 1425 (31.2) | 1344 (29.3) |
Low | 1720 (28.0) | 1630 (27.2) | 1221 (23.7) | 928 (19.4) | 850 (18.6) | 821 (17.9) |
Missing | 203 | 207 | 176 | 265 | 162 | 186 |
Employment mother | ||||||
Full-time or > 15 h/week | 2123 (35.7) | 2102 (35.8) | 2177 (43.1) | 2341 (49.8) | 2309 (51.9) | 2480 (55.1) |
< 15 h/week | 1373 (23.1) | 1350 (23.1) | 1081 (21.4) | 925 (19.7) | 847 (19.0) | 779 (17.3) |
Inactively employed | 1994 (33.5) | 1912 (32.6) | 1539 (30.5) | 1193 (25.4) | 1073 (24.1) | 1078 (23.9) |
Unemployed | 457 (7.7) | 502 (8.6) | 257 (5.1) | 239 (5.1) | 224 (5.0) | 164 (3.6) |
Missing | 403 | 340 | 282 | 354 | 279 | 266 |
Employment father | ||||||
Full-time or > 15 h/week | 5405 (93.3) | 5365 (93.7) | 4649 (94.7) | 4389 (94.9) | 4149 (95.2) | 4193 (95.7) |
< 15 h/week | 62 (1.1) | 53 (0.9) | 48 (1.0) | 52 (1.1) | 35 (0.8) | 41 (1.0) |
Inactively employed | 85 (1.5) | 69 (1.2) | 69 (1.4) | 61 (1.3) | 64 (1.5) | 75 (1.7) |
Unemployed | 242 (4.2) | 241 (4.2) | 144 (2.9) | 125 (2.7) | 111 (2.6) | 75 (1.7) |
Missing | 556 | 478 | 426 | 425 | 373 | 383 |
Single mother | ||||||
Yes | 559 (9.1) | 586 (9.6) | 464 (8.9) | 447 (9.2) | 430 (9.3) | |
No | 5791 (88.3) | 5515 (88.8) | 4726 (88.5) | 4413 (87.3) | 4192 (88.5) | |
Missing | 180 | 105 | 146 | 192 | 110 | |
Birthplace of child | ||||||
Outside Germany | 195 (3.1) | 190 (3.1) | 124 (2.3) | 170 (3.4) | 258 (5.5) | 335 (7.1) |
Inside Germany | 6148 (96.8) | 6001 (96.6) | 5164 (96.7) | 4818 (95.3) | 4440 (93.8) | 4380 (91.8) |
Missing | 7 | 15 | 48 | 64 | 34 | 52 |
Crowding | ||||||
Yes | 1180 (19.2) | 1160 (19.2) | 920 (18.1) | 948 (20.2) | 879 (19.7) | 881 (19.8) |
No | 4957 (78.0) | 4929 (79.4) | 4169 (78.1) | 3738 (73.9) | 3591 (75.8) | 3564 (74.7) |
Missing | 213 | 177 | 247 | 366 | 262 | 322 |