Age | Men | Women | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | |
Participants in the Malmö shoulder and neck study 45–64 years old, working at least 30 hours per week who were free from neck and shoulder pain at baseline. | ||||
45–49 | 506 | 19.1 | 468 | 20.6 |
50–54 | 947 | 35.7 | 851 | 37.5 |
55–59 | 781 | 29.5 | 643 | 28.3 |
60–64 | 415 | 15.7 | 308 | 13.6 |
Missing data | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2649 | 100 | 2270 | 100 |
Country of origin | ||||
Sweden | 2410 | 91.0 | 2094 | 92.2 |
Other | 238 | 9.0 | 176 | 7.8 |
Missing data | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 1944 | 73.4 | 1372 | 60.4 |
Unmarried | 290 | 10.9 | 240 | 10.6 |
Divorced | 363 | 13.7 | 536 | 23.6 |
Widowed | 52 | 2.0 | 121 | 5.3 |
Missing data | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Educational level | ||||
>12 years | 705 | 26.6 | 689 | 30.4 |
10–12 years | 953 | 36.0 | 918 | 40.4 |
⩾9 years | 990 | 37.4 | 662 | 29.2 |
Missing data | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Occupational class | ||||
High level non-manual | 671 | 25.3 | 357 | 15.7 |
Middle level non-manual | 593 | 22.4 | 496 | 21.9 |
Low level non-manual | 408 | 15.4 | 766 | 33.7 |
Skilled manual | 397 | 15.0 | 125 | 5.5 |
Unskilled manual | 330 | 12.5 | 472 | 20.8 |
Missing data | 250 | 9.4 | 54 | 2.4 |
Pains from other regions | ||||
No | 2280 | 86.1 | 1848 | 81.4 |
Yes | 369 | 13.9 | 419 | 18.5 |
Missing data | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |