Road traffic crash circumstances and consequences among young unlicensed drivers: A Swedish cohort study on socioeconomic disparities

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, (n = 1 616 621), percentage.

Characteristic	%
Sex
Male	51.34
Female	48.66
Household socioeconomic position
High/intermediate level salaried employees	37.95
Farmer	6.96
Self-employed	1.97
Skilled/unskilled workers	33.71
Assistant non-manual employees	12.77
Others	6.64
Receipt of social welfare benefits
Yes	23.47
No	76.53
Urbanicity
Metropolitan areas¹	32.89
Large urban areas²	36.75
Medium-sized urban areas³	18.11
Small urban areas⁴	5.97
Rural areas⁵	6.29

¹ Metropolitan areas (Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö), more than >300 000 inhabitants
² Large urban areas, >90 000 inhabitants within 30 kilometres of city centre
³ Medium-sized urban areas, 27 000- 90 000 inhabitants within 30 kilometres of city centre and >300 000 inhabitants within 100 kilometres of the same city centre
⁴ Small urban areas, 27 000-90 000 inhabitants within 30 kilometres of city centre and <300 000 inhabitants within 100 kilometres of the same city centre
⁵ Rural areas, <27 000 inhabitants within 30 kilometres of city centre

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