Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants in the whole study sample (1991–2013)
Men N = 53,118 | Women N = 56,580 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Industry | ||||
Goods and energy production | 14,958 | 28.87% | 5395 | 9.74% |
Machinery operations | 11,571 | 22.33% | 3082 | 5.56% |
Labour intensive services | 9337 | 18.02% | 10,382 | 18.74% |
Knowledge intensive services | 7200 | 13.89% | 6116 | 11.04% |
Public administration | 3315 | 6.40% | 3862 | 6.97% |
Education | 2925 | 5.64% | 9960 | 17.98% |
Health and Social care | 2513 | 4.85% | 16,592 | 29.96% |
Age Groups | ||||
16–25 | 4825 | 9.08% | 5525 | 9.77% |
26–35 | 11,691 | 22.01% | 11,408 | 20.17% |
36–45 | 13,607 | 25.62% | 14,774 | 26.12% |
46–55 | 14,110 | 26.57% | 15,538 | 27.47% |
56–65 | 8879 | 16.72% | 9327 | 16.49% |
Education | ||||
Compulsory | 11,292 | 21.29% | 12,703 | 22.47% |
2 years upper secondary | 15,275 | 28.79% | 13,381 | 23.67% |
3 or 4 year upper secondary | 14,014 | 26.42% | 11,622 | 20.56% |
University less than 3 years | 4779 | 9.01% | 7793 | 13.79% |
University, 3 years or more | 7690 | 14.50% | 11,028 | 19.51% |