Table 2

Baseline characteristics for employees in Sweden 2003 across industrial sectors

AllAFFMMCTCFBPCSWNS
Total N (%)4 454 861 (100)42 733 (1)785 324 (18)217 166 (5)792 807 (18)593 539 (13)356 216 (8)1 588 629 (36)78 447 (2)
Age*41.7 [13.7]40.4 [15.3]41.7 [12.7]41.3 [13.1]39.1 [13.6]41.3 [14.1]39.5 [16.39]43.7 [12.9]46.1 [18.6]
Sex
 Female2 222 346 (50)10 821 (25)208 495 (27)17 632 (8)323 048 (41)261 618 (44)195 530 (55)1 163 370 (73)41 832 (53)
 Male2 232 515 (50)31 912 (75)576 829 (73)199 534 (92)469 759 (59)331 921 (56)160 686 (45)425 259 (27)36 615 (47)
Education
 Primary737 060 (17)12 336 (29)181 764 (23)49 623 (23)164 233 (21)85 953 (14)76 173 (22)147 336 (9)19 642 (25)
 Secondary2 187 053 (49)22 898 (54)423 595 (54)143 397 (66)466 382 (59)267 258 (45)171 680 (48)659 001 (42)32 842 (42)
 Tertiary1 490 319 (33)6962 (16)175 643 (22)23 440 (11)158 283 (20)230 128 (39)99 711 (28)774 542 (49)21 610 (28)
 Unknown40 429 (1)537 (1)43.22 (1)706 (0)3909 (0)10 200 (2)8652 (2)7750 (0)4353 (5)
Family
 Living alone1 446 765 (33)13 394 (31)265 473 (34)71 368 (33)279 841 (35)211 110 (36)131 096 (37)448 479 (28)26 004 (33)
 Lone parent412 147 (9)3827 (9)56 972 (7)14 457 (6)70 962 (9)49 406 (8)39 320 (11)168 117 (11)9086 (12)
 Cohabiting parent1 868 910 (42)19 309 (45)341 682 (44)97 146 (45)333 477 (42)238 126 (40)130 864 (37)683 641 (43)24 665 (31)
 Cohabiting727 023 (16)6203 (15)121 195 (15)34 194 (16)108 520 (14)94 895 (16)54 935 (15)288 389 (18)18 692 (24)
 Unknown16 (0)0 (0)2 (0)1 (0)7 (0)2 (0)1 (0)3 (0)0 (0)
Children*
 Ages 0–60.2 [0.5]0.2 [0.5]0.2 [0.6]0.2 [0.6]0.2 [0.6]0.2 [0.6]0.2 [0.5]0.2 [0.5]0.1 [0.5]
 Ages 7–170.5 [0.8]0.5 [0.8]0.5 [0.8]0.5 [0.8]0.4 [0.8]0.4 [0.8]0.4 [0.8]0.5 [0.9]0.4 [0.8]
Enterprise size
 Solo74 089 (2)3368 (8)4233 (1)4071 (2)15 306 (2)24 720 (4)16 158 (5)4856 (0)1377 (2)
 Micro631 906 (14)20 823 (49)56 785 (7)49 064 (23)193 225 (24)110 660 (19)102 779 (29)95 964 (6)2606 (3)
 SME3 395 154 (76)15 525 (36)711 227 (90)133 783 (62)567 977 (72)399 968 (67)206 272 (57)1 358 565 (86)1837 (2)
 Unknown353 712 (8)3017 (7)13 079 (2)30 248 (14)16 299 (2)58 191 (10)31 007 (9)129 244 (8)72 627 (93)
Charlson Comorbidity Index
 None4 326 714 (96.9)41 630 (96.9)763 574 (96.9)211 687 (97.9)576 293 (97.9)773 955 (96.9)344 213 (96.8)1 541 541 (96.9)73 821 (93.7)
 Mild122 472 (3)1057 (3)20 795 (3)5260 (2)16 419 (2)18 063 (3)11 391 (3)45 131 (3)4356 (6)
 Severe5675 (0.1)46 (0.1)955 (0.1)219 (0.1)827 (0.1)789 (0.1)612 (0.2)1957 (0.1)270 (0.3)
  • Reported as number (%) if not otherwise stated.

  • Industrial sector: AFF, MM, C, TC, FB, PCS, W and NS. *Age and number of children: average with the SD in square brackets.

  • AFF, agriculture, forestry and fishing; C, construction; FB, financial intermediation and business activities; MM, manufacturing and mining; NS, not specified; PCS, personal and cultural services; SME, small or medium-sized enterprises; TC, trade, transport and communication; W, welfare including education and research, health and social care, public administration, and energy, water and waste management.