Baseline characteristics of study population, stratified by labour market position in young adulthood
| Precarious employment, N (%) | Long-term unemployed, N (%) | Substandard employment relation, N (%) | Standard employment relation, N (%) | Other, N (%) | P value | |
| Total | 42 232 (12.4) | 26 476 (7.8) | 107 395 (31.6) | 133 141 (39.2) | 30 159 (8.9) | |
| Sex | <0.001 | |||||
| Male | 21 761 (51.5) | 15 571 (58.8) | 56 132 (52.3) | 71 079 (53.4) | 15 266 (50.6) | |
| Female | 20 471 (48.5) | 10 905 (41.2) | 51 263 (47.7) | 62 062 (46.6) | 14 893 (49.4) | |
| Country of birth | <0.001 | |||||
| Sweden | 39 889 (94.5) | 24 420 (92.2) | 103 504 (96.4) | 129 362 (97.2) | 26 645 (88.4) | |
| Outside of Sweden | 2343 (5.6) | 2056 (7.8) | 3891 (3.6) | 3779 (2.8) | 3514 (11.7) | |
| Birth year | <0.001 | |||||
| 1973 | 7762 (18.4) | 8762 (33.1) | 26 310 (24.5) | 38 884 (29.2) | 7648 (25.4) | |
| 1974 | 10 081 (23.9) | 8074 (30.5) | 27 531 (26.5) | 35 272 (26.5) | 8429 (28.0) | |
| 1975 | 11 518 (27.3) | 5986 (22.6) | 26 726 (24.9) | 31 047 (23.3) | 7373 (24.5) | |
| 1976 | 12 871 (30.5) | 3654 (25.0) | 26 828 (25.0) | 27 938 (21.0) | 6709 (22.3) | |
| Age at baseline (mean±SD) | 23.6±3.2 | 22.7±3.1 | 24.3±3.6 | 24.8±3.5 | 22.8±3.6 | |
| Education | <0.001 | |||||
| Primary | 3285 (7.8) | 3718 (14.0) | 5031 (4.7) | 6772 (5.1) | 7546 (25.0) | |
| Secondary | 27 761 (65.7) | 18 261 (69.0) | 60 479 (56.3) | 60 248 (45.3) | 15 919 (52.8) | |
| University | 11 186 (26.5) | 4497 (17.0) | 41 885 (39.0) | 66 121 (50.0) | 6694 (22.2) | |
| Previous mental health problems | 1397 (3.3) | 1095 (4.1) | 2408 (2.2) | 2397 (1.8) | 2511 (8.3) | <0.001 |
| Previous alcohol-related health problems | 141 (0.3) | 78 (0.3) | 270 (0.3) | 238 (0.2) | 135 (0.5) | <0.001 |
| Parental education | <0.001 | |||||
| Primary | 6346 (15.0) | 5497 (20.8) | 15 700 (14.6) | 18 909 (14.2) | 6431 (21.3) | |
| Secondary | 21 225 (50.3) | 14 544 (54.9) | 54 325 (50.6) | 65 179 (49.0) | 14 636 (48.5) | |
| University | 14 661 (34.7) | 6435 (24.3) | 37 370 (34.8) | 49 053 (36.8) | 9092 (30.2) | |
| Parental socioeconomic status | <0.001 | |||||
| Non-manual | 22 176 (52.5) | 10 750 (40.6) | 59 374 (55.3) | 77 301 (58.1) | 12 873 (42.7) | |
| Manual | 14 694 (34.8) | 11 828 (44.7) | 37 109 (34.6) | 44 854 (33.7) | 11 129 (36.9) | |
| Self-employed/farmer | 1924 (4.6) | 952 (3.6) | 4838 (4.5) | 5009 (3.8) | 1468 (4.9) | |
| Not classified | 3438 (8.1) | 2946 (11.1) | 6074 (5.7) | 5978 (4.5) | 4689 (15.6) | |
| Parents’ alcohol-related health problems | 1817 (4.3) | 1607 (6.1) | 3051 (2.8) | 3127 (2.4) | 2118 (7.0) | <0.001 |
| Outcome | ||||||
| Alcohol-related morbidity | 986 (2.3) | 1065 (4.0) | 1720 (1.6) | 1702 (1.3) | 1240 (4.1) | <0.001 |
Other: self-employed, not registered as employed, or student.