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Table 1 Characteristics of women by occupational and childbirth groups (N = 492,504). Number and percentages

From: Sickness absence and disability pension in relation to first childbirth and in nulliparous women according to occupational groups: a cohort study of 492,504 women in Sweden

Factors, in December 2004

Group 1: Non-manual occupations

n = 48,442 (10%)

Group 2: Lower non-manual occupations

n = 98,332 (20%)

Group 3: Manual occupations

n = 153,666 (31%)

Group 4: Lower manual occupations

n = 63,971 (13%)

Group 5: Missing

n = 128,093 (26%)

 

B0

B1

B1+

B0

B1

B1+

B0

B1

B1+

B0

B1

B1+

B0

B1

B1+

Total %

81.2

5.4

13.4

87.9

4.0

8.1

93.0

2.8

4.2

94.2

2.5

3.3

97.3

1.4

1.3

Age (years)

 18–24

13.0

2.1

2.0

36.7

9.9

9.9

64.0

35.6

38.7

61.8

35.2

39.6

73.6

62.6

62.9

 25–29

33.9

28.2

41.1

29.5

36.9

47.9

20.0

36.3

42.3

17.6

33.6

39.9

11.7

16.2

18.2

 30–34

29.8

46.3

48.1

18.6

35.8

35.4

8.9

20.3

16.6

10.1

21.0

17.0

7.7

14.3

14.4

 35–39

23.3

23.4

8.8

15.2

17.5

6.9

7.0

7.9

2.4

10.5

10.2

3.5

7.0

6.9

4.5

Country of birth

 Sweden

89.5

91.0

94.4

91.4

91.0

94.3

89.4

86.7

90.6

87.1

83.3

88.9

82.4

73.6

73.7

 Other Northern countries

1.7

1.8

1.3

1.3

1.6

1.1

0.8

1.1

0.6

1.0

1.1

0.7

1.1

1.2

0.8

 Other EU 25

2.6

1.8

1.2

1.3

1.6

0.9

1.0

0.8

0.7

1.3

2.0

0.9

2.4

1.9

1.8

Rest of the world

6.2

5.4

3.2

6.0

5.7

3.7

8.8

11.3

8.1

10.6

13.6

9.5

14.1

23.3

23.7

Type of living area

 Large cities

55.4

55.9

56.5

51.7

49.4

47.8

41.3

37.1

33.3

35.8

33.6

28.9

40.0

39.4

38.9

 Medium-sized cities

30.8

29.4

29.7

32.4

31.9

33.6

36.6

36.4

38.0

39.5

35.0

37.1

36.7

36.5

35.5

 Small cities

13.8

14.7

13.8

16.0

18.8

18.6

22.1

26.6

28.7

24.7

31.3

34.0

23.3

24.1

25.6

Family situation

 Married or cohabiting

9.1

34.1

39.0

5.6

25.2

30.0

3.6

16.9

18.2

5.0

15.7

16.4

3.0

19.2

23.8

 Single

90.9

65.9

61.0

94.4

74.8

70.0

96.4

83.1

81.8

95.0

84.3

83.6

97.0

80.8

76.2

  1. All characteristics are obtained from LISA 2004. Occupation was obtained from LISA 2004, and if not available, from 2005
  2. B0 No childbirth; B1 one childbirth; B1+ two or more childbirths