Table 2 Population characteristics in 2002

Sex, % (n)

Female

56.9 (7716)

67.5 (133)

52 (105)

61.2 (82)

64.8 (5291)

41.6 (1665)

51.9 (440)

<0.001

Men

43.1 (5833)

32.5 (64)

48 (97)

38.8 (52)

35.2 (2871)

58.4 (2341)

48.1 (408)

Age, % (n)

18–36 years

32.5 (4405)

14.7 (29)

4.5 (9)

3.0 (4)

39.7 (3243)

22.9 (918)

23.8 (202)

<0.001

37–56 years

48.2 (6526)

51.8 (102)

49.5 (100)

46.3 (62)

45.4 (3703)

52.3 (2096)

54.6 (463)

57–64 years

19.3 (2618)

33.5 (66)

46.0 (93)

50.7 (68)

14.9 (1216)

24.8 (992)

21.6 (183)

Education, % (n)

Primary education

10.9 (1477)

21.8 (43)

26.7 (54)

27.6 (37)

7.9 (644)

14.1 (566)

15.7 (133)

<0.001

Low secondary education

23.3 (3157)

28.4 (56)

34.7 (70)

38.1 (51)

19.7 (1606)

27.6 (1104)

31.8 (270)

High secondary education/College

19.9 (2702)

15.2 (30)

12.9 (26)

12.7 (17)

21.0 (1715)

18.9 (756)

18.6 (158)

University

44.8 (6075)

30.5 (60)

21.8 (44)

19.4 (26)

50.5 (4123)

38.5 (1542)

33.0 (280)

Other

0.4 (49)

2.5 (5)

1.0 (2)

0.7 (1)

0.4 (29)

0.2 (10)

0.2 (2)

No answer

0.7 (89)

1.5 (3)

3.0 (6)

1.5 (2)

0.6 (45)

0.7 (28)

0.6 (5)

Employment status, % (n)

In work

81.6 (11058)

43.7 (86)

46.5 (94)

37.3 (50)

81.9 (6682)

86.0 (3444)

82.8 (702)

<0.001

Retired

4.5 (612)

36.0 (71)

40.1 (81)

41.0 (55)

2.4 (195)

4.2 (170)

4.7 (40)

Student

6.7 (902)

3.6 (7)

1.5 (3)

1.5 (2)

9.0 (731)

3.2 (130)

3.4 (29)

Unemployed

2.6 (357)

5.1 (10)

2.5 (5)

3.7 (5)

2.6 (211)

2.3 (92)

4.0 (34)

Other

2.9 (392)

8.6 (17)

7.9 (16)

11.2 (15)

2.6 (214)

2.7 (108)

2.6 (22)

No answer

1.7 (228)

3.0 (6)

1.5 (3)

5.2 (7)

1.6 (129)

1.5 (62)

2.5 (21)

Country of birth, % (n)

Born in Sweden

86.3 (11699)

68.5 (1359)

68.8 (139)

67.2 (90)

87.9 (7171)

86.1 (3449)

84.3 (715)

<0.001

Born abroad

13.2 (1794)

31.0 (61)

30.2 (61)

32.1 (43)

11.7 (952)

13.7 (549)

15.1 (128)

No answer

0.49 (56)

0.5 (1)

1.0 (2)

0.7 (1)

0.5 (39)

0.2 (8)

0.6 (5)