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Table 1 Characteristics for the study population

From: Does unemployment contribute to poorer health-related quality of life among Swedish adults?

 

Employed (n = 686)

Unemployed (n = 102)

n

%

n

%

Gender

 Man (n = 337)

295

43

42

41

 Woman (n = 451)

391

57

60

59

Education levelc

 Primary education (n = 82)

55

8.0

27

26

 Secondary education (n = 325)

286

42

39

38

 University (n = 381)

345

50

36

35

Marital statusc

 Married (n = 585)

532

78

53

52

 Single (n = 203)

154

22

49

48

Previous healtha,c

 Poor (n = 198)

149

22

49

52

 Good (n = 590)

537

78

53

48

 

mean

median

SDb

mean

median

SDb

Agec

47

48

11

41

39

14

  1. aSelf-rated health five years ago
  2. bStandard deviation
  3. cSignificance at 5% level using χ2 or t-test