Table 1 Sociodemographic and work-related information on the study cohort of privately employed white-collar workers in 2012

Sex

Women

84,273

44.51

Men

105,048

55.49

Age

18–24 years

8027

4.24

4421

5.25

3606

3.43

25–34 years

40,281

21.28

19,977

23.71

20,304

19.33

35–44 years

60,105

31.75

26,610

31.58

33,495

31.89

45–54 years

49,564

26.18

20,571

24.41

28,993

27.6

55–64 years

28,889

15.26

11,736

13.93

17,153

16.33

65–67 years

2455

1.3

958

1.14

1497

1.43

Type of living area

Large city

97,733

51.62

45,530

54.03

52,203

49.69

Medium-sized town

60,185

31.79

25,169

29.87

35,016

33.33

Small town or rural

31,403

16.59

13,574

16.11

17,829

16.97

Educational level (years)

Elementary (0–9 years)

14,291

7.55

4683

5.56

9608

9.15

High school (10–12 years)

98,496

52.03

41,860

49.67

56,636

53.91

University/college (> 12 years)

76,534

40.43

37,730

44.77

38,804

36.94

Country of birth

Sweden

173,386

91.58

75,903

90.07

97,483

92.8

Other Nordic country

4048

2.14

2220

2.63

1828

1.74

Other EU-25

3290

1.74

1627

1.93

1663

1.58

Rest of the world

8597

4.54

4523

5.37

4074

3.88

Family situation

Married/cohabiting without children

25,068

13.24

11,149

13.23

13,919

13.25

Married/cohabiting with children

95,105

50.23

40,188

47.69

54,917

52.28

Single without children

57,277

30.25

24,986

29.65

32,291

30.74

Single with children

11,871

6.27

7950

9.43

3921

3.73

Number of employees at workplace

1–9 employees

51,168

27.03

23,981

28.46

27,187

25.88

10–49 employees

74,965

39.6

30,696

36.42

44,269

42.14

50–99 employees

22,371

11.82

9518

11.29

12,853

12.24

100–499 employees

32,181

17.00

15,690

18.62

16,491

15.7

≥ 500 employees

8636

4.56

4388

5.21

4248

4.04

Job control/ demands

Low control, low demands

21,650

11.44

16,617

19.72

5033

4.79

Low control, medium demands

16,740

8.84

11,270

13.37

5470

5.21

Low control, high demands

24,872

13.14

21,746

25.8

3126

2.98

Medium control, Low demands

20,117

10.63

8755

10.39

11,362

10.82

Medium control, medium demands

21,659

11.44

6478

7.69

15,181

14.45

Medium control, high demands

21,374

11.29

12,323

14.62

9051

8.62

High control, low demands

21,158

11.18

2361

2.8

18,797

17.89

High control, medium demands

24,791

13.09

1624

1.93

23,167

22.05

High control, high demands

16,960

8.96

3099

3.68

13,861

13.19