A population-based study of overweight and obesity in expectant parents: socio-demographic patterns and within-couple associations

Table 2 Participant characteristics in comparison with selected variables from the general population in Västerbotten and Sweden, respectively

	Pregnant women n=4352	Pregnant women¹(year 2011)		Women, 25–44 years²		Expectant fathers n=3949	Men, 25–44 years²
	Pregnant women n=4352	Västerbotten	Sweden	Västerbotten %	Sweden %	Expectant fathers n=3949	Västerbotten %	Sweden %
Mean age (SD)	29.1 (5.1)³	30.0 (5.0)⁴	30.3 (5.3)⁴			31.6 (6.0)
Range, years	15-46	16-46	13-53			14-64
Education	%	%	%			%
University degree	44.9	53.7⁵	51.3⁵	40.7	35.5	29.7	25.3	23.8
Occupation
Employed	74.5	73.0	70.5	79.6	78.1	86.0	81.9	82.0
Country of birth
Sweden	90.9	91.2	82.3			91.0
Other	9.1	8.8	17.7	13.8	23.2	9.0	12.7	21.9

¹The Swedish Maternal Health Care Register. The registers estimated coverage was 90% and 81% for Västerbotten and Sweden, respectively in 2011 (personal communication).
²Statistics Sweden [42].
³Age at enrolment in ANC.
⁴Age at childbirth.
⁵The figures from the Swedish Maternal Health Care Register include all women who have studied at a university, while the figures from Statistics Sweden and the Salut Programme only include those with at least three years of tertiary education or a university degree, respectively.

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