| Men | Women | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Total | With hearing difficulties | With sickness benefits or disability pension | Total | With hearing difficulties | With sickness benefits or disability pension |
Variable | n (% of total men) | n (% of total men within row) | n (% of total men within row) | n (% of total women) | n (% of total women within row) | n (% of total women within row) |
Gender | 9 287 (100.0) | 1 213 (13.1) | 776 (8.4) | 9 758 (100.0) | 956 (9.8) | 1 359 (13.9) |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 20-24 | 963 (10.4) | 51 (5.3) | 8 (0.8) | 915 (9.4) | 50 (5.5) | 21 (2.3) |
 25-34 | 1 935 (20.8) | 140 (7.2) | 37 (1.9) | 1 951 (20.0) | 110 (5.6) | 81 (4.2) |
 35-44 | 2 245 (24.2) | 221 (9.8) | 101 (4.5) | 2 445 (25.1) | 186 (7.6) | 243 (9.9) |
 45-54 | 2 104 (22.7) | 292(13.9) | 205 (9.7) | 2 264 (23.2) | 283 (12.5) | 393 (17.4) |
 55-64 | 2 040 (22.0) | 509 (25.0) | 425 (20.8) | 2 183 (22.4) | 327 (15.0) | 621 (28.4) |
Socio-economic status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Professional work level | 1 416 (15.2) | 123 (8.7) | 43 (3.0) | 1 205 (12.3) | 81 (6.7) | 88 (7.3) |
 Intermediate non-manual work level | 1 704 (18.3) | 204 (12.0) | 92 (5.4) | 2 236 (22.9) | 193 (8.6) | 228 (10.2) |
 Assistant non-manual work level | 819 (8.8) | 90 (11.0) | 81 (9.9) | 1 647 (16.9) | 165 (10.0) | 270 (16.4) |
 Self-employed non-professional  work level | 996 (10.7) | 142 (14.3) | 91 (9.1) | 475 (4.9) | 37 (7.8) | 48 (10.1) |
 Skilled manual work level | 1 899 (20.4) | 318 (16.7) | 219 (11.5) | 1 361 (13.9) | 150 (11.0) | 231 (17.0) |
 Unskilled/semiskilled  manual work level | 1 949 (21.0) | 302 (15.5) | 243 (12.5) | 2 139 (21.9) | 283 (13.2) | 486 (22.7) |
 Students | 504 (5.4) | 34 (6.7) | 7 (1.4) | 695 (7.1) | 47 (6.8) | 8 (1.2) |
Type of living area | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 3 220 (34.7) | 342 (10.6) | 210 (6.5) | 3 553 (36.4) | 293 (8.2) | 378 (10.6) |
 Semi-urban | 3 365 (36.2) | 453 (13.5) | 269 (8.0) | 3 499 (35.9) | 349 (10.0) | 491 (14.0) |
 Sparsely populated | 2 702 (29.1) | 418 (15.5) | 297 (11.0) | 2 706 (27.7) | 314 (11.6) | 490 (18.1) |
Country of birth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Sweden | 8 226 (88.6) | 1 078 (13.1) | 646 (7.9) | 8 529 (87.4) | 828 (9.7) | 1 149 (13.5) |
 Elsewhere | 1 061 (11.4) | 135 (12.7) | 130 (12.3) | 1 229 (12.6) | 128 (10.4) | 210 (17.1) |
Main income source | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Work | 7 355 (79.2) | 885 (12.0) | 0 (0) | 6 949 (71.2) | 589 (8.5) | 0 (0) |
 Parental benefits | 19 (0.2) | 3 (15.8) | 0 (0) | 276 (2.8) | 14 (5.1) | 0 (0) |
 Student allowance | 230 (2.5) | 15 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 327 (3.4) | 22 (6.7) | 0 (0) |
 Social assistance | 42 (0.5) | 5 (11.9) | 0 (0) | 44 (0.5) | 4 (9.1) | 0 (0) |
 Unemployment benefits | 495 (5.3) | 76 (15.4) | 0 (0) | 393 (4.0) | 54 (13.7) | 0 (0) |
 Sickness benefits | 228 (2.5) | 45 (19.7) | 228 (100.0) | 424 (4.3) | 61 (14.4) | 424 (100.0) |
 Disability pension | 548 (5.9) | 146 (26.6) | 548 (100.0) | 935 (9.6) | 184 (19.7) | 935 (100.0) |
 Miscellaneous | 370 (4.0) | 38 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 410 (4.2) | 28 (6.8) | 0 (0) |