Table 1 BMI, socio-demographic characteristics and percentage according to marital status at age 40 (between 1991 and 2001) among men born between 1951 and 1961 in Sweden
From: Weight status at age 18 influences marriage prospects. A population-based study of Swedish men
Number | Married1 (%) | Never married1 (%) | Divorced1 (%) | Widowed1 (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMI category 2 (n=472 190) | |||||
Underweight | 51 808 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
Normal weight | 382 062 | 55.0 | 38.2 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
Overweight | 33 101 | 50.1 | 43.0 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
Obese | 5 219 | 37.0 | 57.0 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
Education 1 (n=471 559) | |||||
High education | 141 544 | 61.7 | 33.3 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
Medium education | 231 605 | 51.2 | 41.3 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
Low education | 98 410 | 48.4 | 43.8 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
Socioeconomic position 3 (n=454 662) | |||||
White-collar | 145 847 | 63.6 | 30.7 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
Farmers | 7 517 | 58.5 | 38.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 |
Blue-collar | 241 889 | 50.9 | 41.7 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
Other | 59 409 | 40.9 | 50.9 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
Intellectual performance 2 (n=471 714) | |||||
Lower | 170 993 | 46.2 | 46.0 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
Medium | 176 050 | 55.5 | 37.7 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
Higher | 124 671 | 61.5 | 32.9 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
Residential area 2 (n=470 047) | |||||
Urban | 241 764 | 53.8 | 38.8 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
Semi-urban | 164 805 | 54.2 | 39.4 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
Rural | 63 478 | 51.7 | 42.5 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
Country of birth 3 (n=472 093) | |||||
Sweden | 463 422 | 53.8 | 39.4 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
Other | 8 671 | 49.6 | 41.2 | 9.1 | 0.1 |
Childhood socioeconomic position 3 (n=441 704) | |||||
White-collar | 151 025 | 55.5 | 37.8 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
Farmers | 36 333 | 57.3 | 38.4 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
Blue-collar | 236 241 | 51.8 | 41.0 | 7.1 | 0.1 |
Other | 18 105 | 46.4 | 45.0 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
Parental education 3 (n=460 684) | |||||
High education | 49 423 | 59.1 | 35.2 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
Medium education | 138 772 | 54.3 | 38.6 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
Low education | 272 489 | 52.5 | 40.6 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
Psychiatric disorder 2,4 (n=472 190) | |||||
Yes | 46 635 | 41.2 | 49.8 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
No | 425 555 | 55.1 | 38.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
Muscle strength 2 (n=472 051) | |||||
Low quintile | 90 470 | 47.9 | 45.6 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
Low to mediate quintile | 119 795 | 53.4 | 40.0 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
Mediate quintile | 97 906 | 55.2 | 37.9 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
Mediate to high quintile | 89 720 | 56.1 | 36.8 | 7.0 | 0.1 |
High quintile | 74 160 | 56.5 | 36.4 | 7.0 | 0.1 |