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Table 1 Prevalence (%) of self-rated health, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status (SES), emotional support, instrumental support, trust in other people, daily smoking, alcohol consumption, and economic stress in childhood and adulthood. Men (n = 12,726), women (n = 15,472), and total (n = 28,198). The public health survey in Skåne 2008

From: Economic stress in childhood and adulthood, and self-rated health: a population based study concerning risk accumulation, critical period and social mobility

 

Men (n = 12,726)

Women (n = 15,472)

Total (n = 28,198)

Self rated health

   

Good

72.6

70.0

71.2

Poor

27.4

30.0

28.8

(Missing)

(250)

(396)

(646)

Age

   

18-24

8.3

9.1

8.8

25-34

12.3

13.9

13.2

35-44

16.4

17.2

16.9

45-54

17.7

18.5

18.1

55-64

21.2

19.3

20.1

65-80

24.2

21.9

22.9

(Missing)

(0)

(0)

(0)

Country of birth

   

Sweden

86.1

85.9

86.0

Other country

13.9

14.1

14.0

(Missing)

(273)

(282)

(555)

Socioeconomic status

   

Higher non-manual

10.2

8.1

9.1

Medium non-manual

12.0

16.3

14.3

Lower non-manual

4.8

9.5

7.4

Skilled manual

10.7

8.7

9.6

Unskilled manual

11.6

11.1

11.3

Self-employed/farmer

7.7

3.7

5.5

Early retired

3.2

4.6

4.0

Unemployed

3.2

3.4

3.3

Student

4.9

6.7

5.9

Old age pensioner

26.2

23.2

24.6

Unclassified

4.7

3.4

4.0

Long term sick leave

0.9

1.3

1.1

(Missing)

(212)

(244)

(456)

Emotional support

   

High

62.8

69.6

66.6

Low

37.2

30.4

33.4

(Missing)

(289)

(357)

(646)

Instrumental support

   

High

71.3

76.6

74.2

Low

28.7

23.4

25.8

(Missing)

(295)

(338)

(633)

Trust (horizontal)

   

High

66.1

64.3

65.2

Low

33.9

35.7

34.8

(Missing)

(522)

(685)

(1207)

Daily smoking

   

No

87.4

85.1

86.1

Yes

12.6

14.9

13.9

(Missing)

(169)

(184)

(353)

Alcohol consumption

   

Non-risk

78.4

89.9

84.5

Risk-high risk

21.6

10.1

15.5

(Missing)

(1397)

(2513)

(3910)

Economic stress in childhood

   

No significant problem

63.2

62.5

62.8

Less severe and/or shorter period

27.1

27.7

27.4

Severe and/or longer period

9.7

9.7

9.7

(Missing)

(341)

(354)

(695)

Economic stress in adulthood

   

Never

79.5

76.5

77.8

Occasionally

14.1

15.7

15.0

Half the year

3.1

3.6

3.4

Every month

3.3

4.2

3.8

(Missing)

(307)

(335)

(642)