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Table 1 Characteristics for the study population (n = 620)

From: Is unemployment in young adulthood related to self-rated health later in life? Results from the Northern Swedish cohort

 

Employed (n = 522)

Unemployed (n = 98)

Self-rated health 2007*

n

%

n

%

Poor

159

30%

43

44%

Good

363

70%

55

56%

Self-rated health 1995

Poor

100

19%

25

26%

Good

422

81%

73

74%

Education level 1995a

Secondary education

209

40%

46

47%

Upper secondary education

90

17%

22

22%

University

223

43%

30

31%

Marital status 1995

Married

396

76%

72

73%

Single

126

24%

26

27%

Occupation 1995

Blue-collar

202

39%

44

45%

Low white-collar

85

16%

18

18%

Medium–high white-collar

235

45%

36

37%

Gender

Man

289

55%

49

50%

Woman

233

45%

49

50%

Availability of Social Integration (AVSI) 1995

Low

166

32%

37

38%

High

356

68%

61

62%

Availability of Attachment (AVAT) 1995

Low

248

48%

51

52%

High

274

52%

47

48%

Cash margin 1995*

Access

441

84%

73

74%

No access

81

16%

25

26%

Smoking 1995*

Not smoking

388

74%

61

62%

Smoking ≤ 10 cigarettes

88

17%

25

26%

Smoking > 10 cigarettes

46

9%

12

12%

Alcohol intake 1995

Low

270

52%

43

44%

High

252

48%

55

56%

Body mass index 1995

Normal

339

65%

54

55%

Overweight

154

30%

37

38%

Obese

29

6%

7

7%

  1. * Significance at 5% level using χ2-test
  2. a Secondary education corresponds to at most 2-years of secondary education, and upper-secondary education corresponds to 3–4 years of secondary education
  3. Note: Self-reported health is presented for both 1995 and 2007, and other variables are presented only for 1995