Table 1 Sociodemograhic characteristics of the sample (n = 1,008)
From: Knowledge about age-related eye diseases in the general population in Germany
|  | Mean ± SD or n (%) |
|---|---|
Age, years | 50 ± 16 |
Sex | |
 Female (%) | 500 (49.6) |
 Male (%) | 501 (49.7) |
 Diverse | 3 (0.3) |
 Missing | 4 (0.4) |
Education | |
 Primary or lower secondary | 41 (4.1) |
 Upper secondarya | 446 (44.2) |
 Tertiaryb | 491 (48.7) |
 Otherc | 14 (1.4) |
 Missing | 16 (1.6) |
Employment | |
 Employed or self-employed | 567 (56.3) |
 Retired | 272 (27.0) |
 Student | 43 (4.3) |
 Unemployed | 49 (4.9) |
 Other | 73 (7.2) |
 Missing | 4 (0.4) |
Marital status | |
 Single | 314 (31.2) |
 Married / partner | 541 (53.7) |
 Divorced | 92 (9.1) |
 Widowed | 50 (5.0) |
 Missing | 11 (1.1) |
Monthly household income | |
  < EUR 1,300 | 128 (12.7) |
 EUR 1,300 to < 1,700 | 114 (11.3) |
 EUR 1,700 to < 2,600 | 242 (24.0) |
 EUR 2,600 to < 3,600 | 155 (15.4) |
 EUR 3,600 to < 5,000 | 234 (23.2) |
  ≥ EUR 5,000 | 94 (9.3) |
 Missing | 41 (4.1) |
EQ-5D-5L | |
 Value | 0.84 ± 0.22 |
 Mobility, problems (%)d | 365 (36.2) |
 Self-care, problems (%)d | 168 (16.7) |
 Usual activities, problems (%)d | 330 (32.7) |
 Pain/discomfort, problems (%)d | 586 (58.1) |
 Anxiety/depression, problems (%)d | 442 (43.8) |
General health | |
 Excellent (%) | 53 (5.3) |
 Very good (%) | 230 (22.8) |
 Good (%) | 437 (43.4) |
 Fair (%) | 247 (24.5) |
 Poor (%) | 41 (4.1) |
Visual difficulties | |
 No difficulties (%) | 648 (64.3) |
 Some difficulties (%) | 327 (32.4) |
 Large difficulties (%) | 27 (2.7) |
 Cannot see (%) | 6 (0.6) |