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Table 1 Characteristicsa of individualsb stratified according to their region of birthc

From: Labour-market marginalisation after mental disorders among young natives and immigrants living in Sweden

 

Sweden

Western countries

Non-Western countries

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

All

1,480,483 (84.4)

131,486 (7.5)

141,575 (8.1)

Characteristics

 Socio-demographic factors

  Sex

   Men

764,667 (51.7)

64,809 (49.3)

65,083 (46.0)

   Women

715,816 (48.3)

66,677 (50.7)

76,492 (54.0)

  Age

   20–24 years

439,880 (29.7)

30,737 (23.4)

40,465 (28.6)

   25–29 years

446,275 (30.1)

41,688 (31.7)

45,010 (31.8)

   30–35 years

594,328 (40.1)

59,061 (44.9)

56,100 (39.6)

  Educational level

   High

559,590 (37.8)

47,983 (36.5)

41,995 (29.7)

   Medium

789,499 (53.3)

49,103 (37.3)

54,941 (38.8)

   Low

128,350 (8.7)

18,177 (13.8)

30,318 (21.4)

   Unknown

3044 (0.2)

16,223 (12.3)

14,321 (10.1)

 Family compositiond

  Married/cohabiting with no children

45,751 (3.1)

11,487 (8.7)

12,983 (9.2)

  Married/ cohabiting with children

410,268 (27.7)

44,700 (34.0)

43,987 (31.1)

  Single with no children

970,912 (65.6)

68,687 (52.2)

75,709 (53.5)

  Single with children

53,550 (3.6)

6611 (5.0)

8889 (6.3)

  Unknown

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 Type of living area e

  Big cities

571,240 (38.6)

69,602 (52.9)

82,942 (58.6)

  Medium sized cities

542,218 (36.6)

40,849 (31.1)

42,911 (30.3)

  Small town

367,025 (24.8)

21,035 (16.0)

15,722 (11.1)

 Measurements of health and labour market marginalisation

  

  Unemployment

   No unemployment

1,170,358 (79.1)

100,368 (76.3)

99,681 (70.4)

   1–179 days

260,378 (17.6)

24,634 (18.7)

33,003 (23.3)

    ≥ 180 days

49,747 (3.4)

6484 (4.9)

8891 (6.3)

  Sickness absence

   No sickness absence

1,334,578 (90.2)

120,252 (91.5)

130,594 (92.3)

   1–89 days

101,852 (6.9)

7614 (5.8)

7355 (5.2)

    ≥ 90 days

43,725 (3.0)

3601 (2.7)

3608 (2.5)

 Mental disorders

50,795 (3.4)

4388 (3.3)

5748 (4.1)

  Affective disorders

12,742 (0.9)

987 (0.8)

1270 (0.9)

  Behavioural/emotional/developmental disorders

5323 (0.4)

362 (0.3)

525 (0.4)

  Organic disorders/mental retardation

353 (0.0)

31 (0.0)

52 (0.0)

  Personality disorders

1345 (0.1)

95 (0.1)

109 (0.1)

  Schizophrenia/non-affective disorders

1387 (0.1)

209 (0.2)

337 (0.2)

  Neurotic/stress-related/somatoform disorders

17,447 (1.2)

1844 (1.4)

2274 (1.6)

  Substance abuse disorders

12,198 (0.8)

860 (0.7)

1181 (0.8)

  Somatic disorders

917,036 (61.9)

70,588 (53.7)

88,371 (62.4)

  1. aAll covariates were measured at baseline (2004) with exception of inpatient and specialised outpatient health care, which was measured 2001–2004
  2. bAll individuals were 20–35 years, and resident in Sweden at 31st of December 2004 (N = 1,753,544)
  3. cWestern countries (a. Nordic countries except Sweden, b. EU except Sweden, Finland and Denmark, c. Europe outside EU and Nordic countries and d. North America and Oceania); non-Western countries (a. Africa, b. Asia and c. South-America)
  4. dWith or without children living at home
  5. eType of living area: big cities = Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö; medium-sized cities = cities with >90,000 inhabitants within 30 km distance from the centre of the city; small cities/villages = all remaining cities/villages
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