Table 1 Overview of socio-demographic background.

From: A dataset of laymen olfactory perception for 74 mono-molecular odors

sampling group

@home

@lab

patients

retest

odor set

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

9

retest

Age

Mean

26.99

26.77

23.99

24.78

25.38

25.99

22.95

27.74

28.88

33.95

27.17

Std

6.73

7.59

7.5

7.77

8.02

7.85

4.53

7.42

7.16

7.34

5.32

Gender (%)

Female

71

86

92

88

87

82

103

60

83

29

41

62%

66%

72%

72%

65%

69%

80%

50%

67%

60%

68%

Male

43

44

35

35

45

34

24

50

33

14

18

37%

34%

28%

28%

34%

29%

19%

41%

27%

29%

30%

Other

1

2

1

1

1

1

    

1

1%

2%

1%

1%

1%

2%

    

2%

Highest education (%)

none

1

2

1

1

3

      

1%

2%

1%

1%

3%

      

lower secondary

1

1

2

1

1

2

     

1%

1%

2%

1%

1%

2%

     

middle school

6

26

27

36

37

9

2

20

21

3

3

5%

20%

21%

29%

28%

8%

2%

17%

17%

5%

5%

higher secondary

104

104

96

86

92

108

123

87

93

57

57

90%

79%

76%

70%

69%

92%

96%

72%

76%

95%

95%

other

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

    

1%

1%

1%

2%

1%

1%

1%

    

Highest professional education (%)

none

39

38

76

70

67

60

86

30

32

18

18

34%

29%

60%

57%

50%

51%

67%

25%

26%

30%

30%

vocational training

11

26

15

22

24

15

18

35

32

4

4

10%

20%

12%

18%

18%

13%

14%

29%

26%

7%

7%

master craftsman

5

1

2

1

3

1

7

2

1

 

1

4%

1%

2%

1%

3%

1%

6%

2%

2%

 

2%

bachelor

23

18

13

8

11

18

11

19

18

16

16

20%

14%

10%

7%

8%

15%

9%

16%

15%

27%

27%

master

35

41

19

19

28

20

11

18

28

19

19

30%

31%

15%

15%

21%

17%

9%

15%

23%

32%

32%

doctorate

4

3

3

3

3

3

1

1

4

2

2

3%

2%

2%

2%

2%

3%

1%

1%

3%

3%

3%

Smoking behavior (%)

non-smoker

99

100

103

96

115

99

100

83

87

50

50

86%

76%

81%

78%

86%

84%

78%

69%

71%

83%

83%

sometimes

11

14

15

15

10

12

21

17

17

7

7

10%

11%

12%

12%

8%

10%

16%

14%

14%

12%

12%

several times a week

1

1

2

1

5

3

3

   

3

1%

1%

2%

1%

4%

2%

5%

   

5%

once a day

2

1

2

3

1

      

2%

1%

2%

2%

1%

      

several times a day

3

12

7

8

7

6

3

10

9

  

3%

9%

6%

7%

5%

5%

2%

8%

7%

  

COVID-19 infection (%)

Yes

22

29

72

77

81

98

104

25

69

35

47

19%

22%

57%

63%

61%

83%

81%

21%

56%

73%

78%

No

93

102

55

46

52

20

24

85

47

8

13

81%

78%

43%

37%

39%

17%

19%

70%

38%

17%

22%

  1. Mean age and distribution of gender, highest education, highest professional education, smoking behavior and the prevalence of a (recovered) COVID-19 infection are given as frequencies and in percentage split by group.