Validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale for the Mental Health Surveillance (MHS) of German adults

Table 1 Sample characteristics

Characteristic	Category	n	%
Total		1048	100
Sex	female	531	51
	male	517	49
Age group	18–34 years	258	25
	35–49 years	259	25
	50–64 years	267	25
	65–79 years	264	25
Education (CASMIN)¹	Low	117	11
	Moderate	370	35
	High	556	53
Employment status	full time	436	42
	part time	162	15
	unemployed	450	43
Partnership status	partnered	633	60
	single	415	40
Chronic disease²	Yes	484	47
	No	537	53
Mental disorder²	Yes	263	25
	No	769	75

Note.¹ = in accordance with Comparative Analyses of Social Mobility in Industrial Nations; CASMIN (24). ² = self-reported lifetime diagnosis

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