Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
From: Public awareness of and attitudes towards research biobanks in Latvia
Variable | Category | 2019 results |
|---|---|---|
Gender (N, %) | Male | 480 (47.2) |
Female | 537 (52.8) | |
Age, median (mean ± SD) |  | 46.0 (46.3 ± 15.8) |
Marital status (N, %) | Single | 196 (19.3) |
Married | 600 (59.0) | |
Divorced | 131 (12.9) | |
Widowed | 90 (8.8) | |
Education (N, %) | Primary | 116 (11.4) |
Secondary/ professional | 631 (62.0) | |
Higher | 270 (26.5) | |
Average salary per month per person in the family (Euro) | <  210 | 203 (22.8) |
211–300 | 180 (20.2) | |
301–400 | 190 (21.4) | |
401–590 | 137 (15.5) | |
>  591 | 179 (20.1) | |
Having children under the age of 18 (N, %) | Â | 348 (34.2) |
Nationality (N, %) | Latvian | 601 (59.1) |
Russian | 327 (32.2) | |
Other | 89 (8.8) | |
Residential status (N, %) | Latvian citizen | 873 (85.8) |
Latvian non-citizena | 144 (14.2) | |
Working status (N, %) | Governmental sector | 195 (19.2) |
Private sector | 455 (44.7) | |
Not working | 367 (36.1) | |
Place of residence (N, %) | Capital city | 335 (32.9) |
Another city | 385 (37.9) | |
Rural area | 297 (29.2) |