Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics for users and non-users in the representative survey of the German population
Any medication or drug (n = 435) | Non-User (n = 686) | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighteda | Unweighted | Weighteda | Unweighted | ||||||
% (n) | 95% CI | % (n) | % (n) | 95% CI | % (n) | ||||
min | max | min | max | ||||||
Age | 47.7 (17.7) | 46.0 | 49.3 | 48.0 (17.6) | 53.4 (18.1) | 52.0 | 54.8 | 52.9 (17.9) | 0.01 |
Gender | 0.06 | ||||||||
Male | 51.7 (225) | 47.0 | 56.4 | 49.9 (217) | 46.0 (316) | 42.3 | 49.7 | 45.9 (315) | |
Female | 48.3 (210) | 43.6 | 53.0 | 50.1 (218) | 54.0 (371) | 50.3 | 57.7 | 54.1 (372) | |
Education | 0.82 | ||||||||
No formal degree | 1.4 (6) | 0.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 (5) | 1.6 (11) | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 (9) | |
Secondary modern schoolb | 31.3 (133) | 26.9 | 35.7 | 24.4 (104) | 33.2 (227) | 29.7 | 36.8 | 26.1 (178) | |
Middle schoolc | 30.4 (129) | 25.9 | 34.7 | 31.5 (134) | 30.9 (211) | 27.4 | 34.4 | 31.2 (213) | |
University-entrance diplomad | 17.7 (75) | 14.0 | 21.3 | 23.7 (101) | 17.7 (121) | 14.9 | 20.6 | 22.9 (156) | |
University degree | 19.3 (82) | 15.5 | 23.1 | 19.2 (82) | 16.5 (113) | 13.8 | 19.3 | 18.5 (126) | |
Current or last professional position | 0.23 | ||||||||
No employment yet | 5.3 (23) | 3.2 | 7.4 | 5.8 (25) | 4.5 (31) | 3.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 (34) | |
Skilled worker | 14.4 (62) | 11.1 | 17.7 | 14.4 (62) | 14.2 (97) | 11.6 | 16.8 | 13.5 (92) | |
Executive employee | 10.7 (46) | 7.7 | 13.6 | 10.9 (47) | 14.2 (97) | 11.6 | 16.8 | 14.5 (99) | |
Non-executive employee | 43.3 (187) | 38.6 | 48.0 | 42.1 (182) | 44.0 (300) | 40.3 | 47.7 | 43.4 (296) | |
Civil servants | 5.6 (24) | 3.4 | 7.7 | 6.7 (29) | 6.5 (44) | 4.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 (52) | |
Self-employed | 6.0 (26) | 3.8 | 8.3 | 6.5 (28) | 3.4 (23) | 2.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 (25) | |
Other | 14.8 (64) | 11.5 | 18.2 | 13.7 (59) | 13.2 (90) | 10.7 | 15.7 | 12.3 (84) | |
Shift work | 0.14 | ||||||||
Yes | 15.4 (44) | 11.2 | 19.6 | 15.5 (44) | 20.0 (75) | 15.9 | 24.0 | 19.7 (74) | |
No | 84.6 (241) | 80.4 | 88.8 | 84.5 (240) | 80.0 (301) | 76.0 | 84.1 | 80.3 (302) | |
Weekly working hours | 0.73 | ||||||||
Currently not working | 34.0 (147) | 29.6 | 38.5 | 34.0 (147) | 44.8 (307) | 41.1 | 48.5 | 44.8 (307) | |
< 20 h | 6.7 (19) | 3.8 | 9.6 | 6.3 (18) | 4.3 (16) | 2.2 | 6.4 | 4.3 (16) | |
20–29 | 8.8 (25) | 5.45 | 12.1 | 8.5 (24) | 9.9 (37) | 6.9 | 13.0 | 9.4 (35) | |
30–40 | 50.5 (144) | 44.2 | 56.3 | 50.4 (143) | 50.4 (188) | 45.3 | 55.5 | 49.9 (186) | |
41–50 | 24.9 (71) | 19.9 | 29.9 | 25.4 (72) | 25.7 (96) | 21.3 | 30.2 | 26.5 (99) | |
> 50 | 9.1 (26) | 5.8 | 12.5 | 9.5 (27) | 9.7 (36) | 6.7 | 12.7 | 9.9 (37) | |
Size place of residence (inhabitants) | 0.01 | ||||||||
< 2.000 | 7.8 (34) | 5.3 | 10.3 | 6.9 (30) | 8.3 (57) | 6.2 | 10.4 | 6.6 (45) | |
2.000–20.000 | 29.7 (129) | 25.4 | 34.0 | 29.2 (127) | 37.3 (256) | 33.7 | 40.9 | 34.5 (237) | |
20.000–100.000 | 25.8 (112) | 21.6 | 29.9 | 26.9 (117) | 28.7 (197) | 25.3 | 32.1 | 31.7 (218) | |
> 100.000 | 36.8 (160) | 32.3 | 41.3 | 37.0 (161) | 36.8 (176) | 32.3 | 41.3 | 27.2 (187) | |
Soft enhancer intake | 0.01 | ||||||||
yes | 86.3 (372) | 83.1 | 89.6 | 86.3 (372) | 49.5 (334) | 45.7 | 53.3 | 50.4 (341) | |
no | 13.7 (59) | 6.6 | 20.8 | 13.7 (59) | 50.5 (341) | 46.7 | 54.3 | 49.6 (336) | |