Sociodemographic characteristics in relation to maternal age at birth of child (data shown as numbers and percentages)
| Sociodemographic variables | Number 800190 | 12–17 3729 | 18–19 18097 | 20–24 180894 | 25–28 241550 | 29–32 196684 | 33–55 159236 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Boy | 411042 | 51.5 | 51.2 | 51.3 | 51.4 | 51.6 | 51.2 |
| Girl | 389148 | 48.5 | 48.8 | 48.7 | 48.6 | 48.4 | 48.8 |
| Type of community | |||||||
| Big city | 254951 | 26.8 | 26.5 | 26.7 | 30.5 | 34.6 | 37.1 |
| Town | 435656 | 57.4 | 58.0 | 58.2 | 55.7 | 52.6 | 50.1 |
| Rural | 109583 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Housing | |||||||
| Rented | 311126 | 57.5 | 57.3 | 48.9 | 39.7 | 33.4 | 30.5 |
| Owned | 99269 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 11.4 |
| One family house | 345334 | 24.7 | 24.3 | 32.5 | 41.8 | 48.7 | 53.0 |
| Missing | 44461 | ||||||
| Received welfare payments | 29540 | 26.0 | 16.3 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Lone parent household | 28116 | 41.8 | 16.9 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Child in foster home | 9594 | 9.1 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Disposable income of grandmother | |||||||
| 1st quartile | 169430 | 59.8 | 46.2 | 26.9 | 19.6 | 21.6 | 31.6 |
| 2nd quartile | 171096 | 20.3 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 24.0 | 23.8 | 26.8 |
| 3rd quartile | 173118 | 11.2 | 17.1 | 25.7 | 28.1 | 26.0 | 20.9 |
| 4th quartile | 169481 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 21.0 | 28.4 | 28.7 | 20.7 |
| Missing | 117065 | ||||||
| Education of grandmother | |||||||
| Primary | 354542 | 51.1 | 49.1 | 49.9 | 51.5 | 53.9 | 59.4 |
| Secondary | 211448 | 38.2 | 39.3 | 36.7 | 32.3 | 28.8 | 25.9 |
| University | 103174 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 14.8 |
| Missing | 131026 | ||||||
| Number of siblings | |||||||
| 0 | 328539 | 95.9 | 89.9 | 64.4 | 43.7 | 29.0 | 18.6 |
| 1 | 281526 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 30.1 | 39.7 | 40.4 | 31.4 |
| 2 | 130897 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 22.0 | 29.7 |
| 3 | 59228 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 20.4 | |
| Country of birth of grandparents | |||||||
| Swedish | 628537 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 78 |
| European | 44085 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 8.3 |
| Non-European | 41491 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| Mixed | 86077 | 17.4 | 14.9 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| Maternal hospital admissions | |||||||
| Psychiatric disorder | 19397 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| Substance misuse | 6700 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Paternal hospital admissions | |||||||
| Psychiatric disorder | 15949 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Substance misuse | 16487 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 |