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Table 1 Baseline characteristics and unemployment rates for the study samples by mobility and weight status groups

From: The association of mobility disability and obesity with risk of unemployment in two cohorts from Sweden

 

SPHS cohort, n = 40,088

ULF/SILC cohort, n = 39,947

Study groups

Normal weight without MD

Obese without MD

Normal weight with MD

Obese with MD

Normal weight without MD

Obese without MD

Normal weight with MD

Obese with MD

Participants in each group (%)a

22,886 (57.1)

3117 (7.8)

812 (2.0)

443 (1.1)

25,510 (63.9)

3684 (8.2)

419 (1.0)

239 (0.6)

Women

14,327 (62.6)

1558 (50.0)

525 (64.7)

254 (57.3)

14,478 (56.8)

1524 (41.4)

291 (69.5)

142 (59.4)

Age, mean (SD)

40.0 (12.2)

44.9 (11.1)

44.9 (12.2)

49.7 (10.6)

38.0 (12.4)

42.6 (11.4)

47.3 (11.9)

48.7 (10.8)

Age class, 18–29

5234 (22.9)

309 (9.9)

111 (13.7)

26 (5.9)

7924 (31.1)

541 (14.7)

39 (9.3)

14 (5.9)

30–54

13,891 (60.7)

2035 (65.3)

478 (58.9)

221 (49.9)

14,331 (56.2)

2476 (67.2)

232 (55.4)

134 (56.1)

55 and older

3761 (16.4)

773 (24.8)

223 (27.5)

196 (44.2)

3255 (12.8)

667 (18.1)

148 (35.3)

91 (38.1)

Country of Birth, Sweden

19,806 (86.5)

2580 (82.8)

535 (65.9)

292 (65.9)

22,551 (88.4)

3209 (87.1)

341 (81.4)

191 (79.9)

Other

3080 (13.5)

537 (17.2)

277 (34.1)

151 (34.1)

2959 (11.6)

475 (12.9)

78 (18.6)

48 (20.1)

Education, Academic

11,164 (48.8)

1045 (33.5)

287 (35.3)

120 (27.1)

12,376 (48.5)

1082 (29.4)

139 (33.2)

54 (22.6)

Upper secondary/gymnasium

4867 (21.3)

639 (20.5)

172 (21.2)

78 (17.6)

5570 (21.8)

778 (21.1)

71 (16.9)

40 (16.7)

Lower secondary

4195 (18.3)

942 (30.2)

201 (24.8)

147 (33.2)

5306 (20.8)

1268 (34.4)

130 (31.0)

77 (32.2)

Primary

2660 (11.6)

491 (15.8)

152 (18.7)

98 (22.1)

2241 (8.8)

554 (15.0)

78 (18.6)

67 (28.0)

SEIb, Unskilled Workers

3223 (14.02)

586 (18.88)

170 (21.30)

99 (22.97)

3934 (17.35)

744 (22.84)

92 (25.14)

44 (21.15)

Skilled Workers

2141 (9.31)

399 (12.86)

108 (13.53)

68 (15.78)

3055 (13.48)

602 (18.48)

37 (10.11)

36 (17.31)

Lower non-manual

3058 (13.30)

454 (14.63)

111 (13.91)

58 (13.46)

2499 (11.02)

296 (9.09)

46 (12.57)

23 (11.06)

Intermediate non-manual

5829 (25.35)

738 (23.78)

155 (19.42)

79 (18.33)

4109 (18.13)

456 (14.00)

46 (12.57)

27 (12.98)

Higher non-manual

5394 (23.46)

503 (16.21)

116 (14.54)

46 (10.67)

3098 (13.67)

267 (8.20)

36 (9.84)

13 (6.25)

Self-employed

1738 (7.56)

275 (8.86)

59 (7.39)

37 (8.58)

1229 (5.42)

168 (5.16)

16 (4.37)

9 (4.33)

Other

1613 (7.01)

148 (4.77)

79 (9.90)

44 (10.21)

4746 (20.94)

725 (22.25)

93 (25.41)

56 (26.92)

Income, 1st (lowest) quintile

3905 (16.98)

403 (12.99)

233 (29.20)

155 (35.96)

5102 (22.51)

559 (17.16)

108 (29.51)

59 (28.37)

2nd

4858 (21.13)

572 (18.43)

228 (28.57)

101 (23.43)

487 (21.48)

619 (19.00)

103 (28.14)

53 (25.48)

3rd

4765 (20.72)

777 (25.04)

150 (18.80)

73 (16.94)

4612 (20.34)

643 (19.74)

68 (18.58)

35 (16.83)

4th

4761 (20.70)

724 (23.33)

108 (13.53)

56 (12.99)

4142 (18.27)

735 (22.56)

46 (12.57)

33 (15.87)

5th (highest)

4707 (20.47)

627 (20.21)

79 (9.90)

46 (10.67)

3944 (17.40)

702 (21.55)

41 (11.20)

28 (13.46)

Short-term unemployment before baseline (< 180 days), Yes

1887 (8.2)

253 (8.1)

110 (13.5)

67 (15.1)

3546 (13.9)

502 (13.6)

66 (15.8)

35 (14.6)

Unadjusted unemployment rates (cases)

Any unemployment

33.6 (3819)

39.3 (572)

70.1 (225)

62.4 (102)

47.9 (6366)

55.6 (934)

70.7 (117)

79.2 (69)

≥90 days during 2 years

19.7 (2361)

24.5 (374)

42.7 (147)

36.6 (63)

29.6 (4384)

34.9 (646)

42.7 (81)

54.3 (52)

Person-years

113,516

14,543

3211

1634

132,876

16,797

1655

871

  1. Categorical variables are frequencies and column proportions (%), and continuous variables are mean (SD) values. a The sum does not add up to the total number of participants since the overweight groups are not shown (full table available upon request to the corresponding author). b Swedish socio-economic index classification