Table 2

Socioeconomic distribution of male and female participants and non-participants of the FINRISK surveys 1972–92

	Men				Women
	Participated		Did not participate		Participated		Did not participate
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Occupational class
Upper non-manual employees	10	1557	10	290	8	1296	8	164
Lower non-manual employees	14	2224	10	288	29	4857	31	604
Manual workers	43	6731	48	1351	31	5134	31	682
Farmers	20	3145	11	315	20	3423	9	240
Other employers	7	1065	8	222	5	842	4	92
Others	6	848	12	350	7	1232	16	292
		15 570		2816		16 784		2074
p Value	<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Education
Higher education	14	2169	13	362	11	1911	13	262
Secondary education	18	2784	17	487	20	3373	19	398
Primary education	68	10 617	70	1967	69	11 500	68	1414
		15 570		2816		16 784		2074
p Value	0.18		0.44		0.22		0.39
Income
Highest tertile	35	5413	28	792	34	5717	28	589
Middle tertile	34	5313	28	796	34	5699	28	587
Lowest tertile	31	4844	44	1228	32	5368	43	898
		15 570		2816		16 784		2074
p Value	<0.001		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001