Table 6 Comparing Individuals and Couples with Microcensus

Number of individuals on coordinate

6.44

5.65

2

9.53

–

–

Age husband

<35

0.33

0.12

0.07

0.17

0.07

0.11

≥35 and <45

0.26

0.31

0.33

0.29

0.20

0.36

≥45 and <65

0.39

0.54

0.57

0.51

0.43

0.53

≥65

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.30

0.01

Age wife

<35

0.31

0.17

0.11

0.23

0.11

0.17

≥35 and <45

0.25

0.34

0.39

0.29

0.21

0.40

≥45 and <65

0.42

0.47

0.48

0.47

0.41

0.43

≥65

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.27

0.00

Labor Force Status

Employee

0.84

0.88

0.93

0.83

0.60

0.93

Unemployed

0.13

0.10

0.06

0.13

0.03

0.07

Education

Secondary/intermediate school leaving certificate

0.78

0.82

0.81

0.83

0.69

0.72

Upper secondary school leaving

0.21

0.18

0.20

0.17

0.26

0.24

Living in East Germany

0.15

0.17

0.16

0.17

0.20

0.21

Number of individuals

33,050,419

6,563,314

3,384,124

3,179,190

38,374,000

18,454,000

Couple Level:

Restriction

All matches

male/female

–

–

–

–

–

Age difference

no age difference

0.08

0.10

0.11

0.10

0.10

0.10

≥1 and <4

0.41

0.51

0.52

0.49

0.47

0.51

≥4 and <7

0.20

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.24

0.25

≥7 and <11

0.09

0.11

0.10

0.12

0.11

0.11

≥11 and <16

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.04

0.04

0.03

≥16

0.19

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.05

–

Nationality

Both German

0.90

0.90

0.96

0.83

0.87

0.88

One German

0.06

0.07

0.03

0.10

0.08

0.06

Both non-German

0.04

0.04

0.01

0.06

0.05

0.06

Number of couples

4,084,516

3,281,657

1,692,062

1,589,595

19,187,000

9,227,000

–

–

–

–

–

(SUF: n = 226,787)

(SUF: n = 109,073)