Table 1 Background characteristics of participants with and without impairment
| Â | Participants with impairment | Participants without impairment |
|---|---|---|
n = 1631 | n = 1084 | |
n(%) | n(%) | |
Gender | n = 1356 | n = 1060 |
 Women | 937(69) | 780(74) |
 Men | 419(31) | 280(26) |
Age | n = 1388 | n = 1069 |
  < 30 years | 176(13) | 58(5) |
 30–44 years | 304(22) | 156(15) |
 45–69 years | 773(56) | 716(67) |
  ≥ 70 years | 135(10) | 139(13) |
Education | n = 1339 | n = 1040 |
 Compulsory school | 134(10) | 74(7) |
 Special education school | 152(11) | 2(0) |
 Upper secondary school, Vocational school or Folk high school | 567(42) | 442(43) |
 University | 486(36) | 522(50) |
Occupation | n = 1367 | n = 1060 |
 Retired | 273(17) | 304(28) |
 Outside of the labour market (Disability related early retirement, Daily activity centre or Temporary disability allowance) | 519(38) | 18(2) |
 Working | 492(30) | 745(69) |
 Student | 136(8) | 36(3) |
 Not working (Unemployed, Parental-leave or Sick-leave) | 132(10) | 22(2) |
Monthly income | n = 1157 | n = 866 |
 < 5000 SEK | 53(5) | 10(1) |
 5000–24 999 SEK | 714(62) | 228(26) |
  ≥ 25 000 SEK | 390(34) | 628(73) |
Professional support in everyday life | n = 1381 | n = 1063 |
 Have professional support in everyday life | 497(36) | 6(1) |
  Home based support by municipal care services | 112(8) | 2(0) |
  Personal assistants | 90(7) | 0(0) |
  Supported-Living staff, support persons or similar | 214(15) | 0(0) |
  Trustee | 111(8) | 0(0) |
  Relative | 81(6) | 4(0) |
  Other support | 54(4) | 4(0) |
 No support | 884(64) | 1057(99) |
Accommodation | n = 1365 | n = 1059 |
 Supported accommodation | 104(8) | 1(0) |
  Group living | 52(4) | 1(0) |
  Service apartment | 43(3) | 0(0) |
  Other supported accommodation | 9(1) | 0(0) |
 Rental apartment, Condominium or House | 1261(92) | 1058(100) |
  Rental apartment | 470(34) | 168(16) |
  Condominium | 285(21) | 239(22) |
  House | 506(37) | 651(61) |
Access to digital devices | n = 1456 | n = 1067 |
 Lack access to computer or portable device | 241(17) | 93(9) |
  No device | 29(2) | 7(1) |
  Only computer at home | 75(5) | 24(2) |
  Only smart phone | 78(5) | 19(2) |
  Only tablet | 17(1) | 1(0) |
  Smart phone and tablet | 42(3) | 39(4) |
 Have access to computer and portable device | 1215(83) | 974(91) |
  Computer and smart phone | 418(29) | 264(25) |
  Computer and tablet | 65(4) | 25(2) |
  Computer, smart phone and tablet | 732(51) | 688(64) |
Number of reported impairments | n = 1631 | n = 1084 |
 1 | 590(36) | 0(0) |
 2 | 241(15) | 0(0) |
 3 | 168(10) | 0(0) |
 4 | 114(7) | 0(0) |
 5 | 107(7) | 0(0) |
 6 | 92(6) | 0(0) |
  ≥ 7 | 319(20) | 0(0) |