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98 6.2. Materials and methods Table 6.1: Demographic characteristics of respondents. Total number of respon- dents n =1705. Respondents of which we obtained the complete demographic information n =1624 (including sex, age and employment status) Characteristic No. (%) Countries United Kingdom 159 (9) United States 785 (46) Germany 98 (6) France 342 (20) The Netherlands 184 (11) Italy 79 (5) Sweden 43 (3) Brazil 10 ( < 1) Spain 4 ( < 1) Sex † Male 1361 (80) Female 263 (15) Age [y] † < 60 296 (17) 60+ 1328 (78) Time since TL [y] < 2 336 (20) 2-5 568 (33) 5-10 392 (23) > 10 294 (17) No answer 115 (7) Employment status † Retired 1124 (66) Full-time 183 (11) Part-time 108 (6) occasionally 0 (0) Unpaid work 62 (4) Seeking work 33 (2) Education No High School 113 (7) High School 508 (30) Occupational 411 (24) University 617 (36) No answer 56 (3) Level of tertiary education Total 1028 (62) (defined as an educational United Kingdom 105 (67) degree after High School) United States 519 (68) Germany 50 (54) France 215 (67) The Netherlands 76 (43) † A small number of respondents ( n =81) did not consent to provide this (personal) demographical information. TL = total laryngectomy