Table 1

Prevalences (number and %) of self reported health, and sociodemographic, psychosocial and economic variables. Men and women. The public health survey in Malmö 1994

		Men				Women			Total
		Number	%			Number	%		Number	%
Self reported health
Good	1525	84.9		1508	82.8		3033	83.8
Bad	272	15.1		313	17.2		585	16.2
Missing	75			95			170
Country of origin
Sweden	1367	73.0		1408	73.6		2775	73.3
Other Western	155	8.3		138	7.2		293	7.7
Yugoslavia	70	3.7		78	4.1		148	3.9
Poland	53	2.8		77	4.0		130	3.4
Arabic speaking countries	57	3.0		44	2.3		101	2.7
Other countries	170	9.1		169	8.8		339	9.0
Missing	0			2			2
Year of birth
1973	202	10.8		227	11.8		429	11.3
1968	219	11.7		237	12.4		456	12.0
1963	187	10.0		223	11.6		410	10.8
1953	199	10.6		245	12.8		444	11.7
1943	247	13.2		244	12.7		491	13.0
1933	249	13.3		249	13.0		498	13.2
1923	289	15.4		264	13.8		553	14.6
1913	275	14.7		225	11.7		500	13.2
Missing	5			2			7
Education
>12 years	469	25.6		476	25.5		945	25.6
10–12 years	373	20.4		376	20.1		749	20.3
9 years or less	835	45.7		892	47.7		1727	46.7
Others	152	8.3		125	6.7		277	7.5
Missing	43			47			90
Social participation
High	1302	69.6		1337	69.8		2639	69.7
Low	570	30.4		579	30.2		1149	30.3
Missing	0			0			0
Social anchorage
High	1116	62.3		1272	68.9		2388	65.5
Low	682	37.7		574	31.1		1256	34.5
Missing	74			70			144
Emotional support
High	1145	61.2		1296	67.6		2441	64.4
Low	727	38.8		620	32.4		1347	35.6
Missing	0			0			0
Instrumental support
High	1242	66.3		1372	71.6		2614	69.0
Low	630	33.7		544	28.4		1174	31.0
Missing	0			0			0
Not able to pay bills
Never	1221	67.2		1212	64.6		2433	65.9
Very seldom	340	18.7		398	21.2		738	20.0
Half the year	103	5.7		118	6.3		221	6.0
Every month	154	8.5		147	7.8		301	8.2
Missing	54			41			95
Total	1872			1916			3788