Study population stratified by socioeconomic background (N=948 518)
| High non-manual | Mid non-manual | Low non-manual | Skilled manual | Unskilled manual | Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 133 759 (14.10%) | 217 769 (22.96%) | 139 041 (14.66%) | 168 649 (17.78%) | 191 896 (20.23%) | 97 404 (10.27%) | 948 518 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 64 064 (47.90%) | 104 119 (47.81%) | 66 884 (48.10%) | 81 333 (48.23%) | 92 727 (48.32%) | 46 855 (48.10%) | 455 982 (48.07%) |
| Male | 69 695 (52.10%) | 113 650 (52.19%) | 72 157 (51.90%) | 87 316 (51.77%) | 99 169 (51.68%) | 50 549 (51.90%) | 492 536 (51.93%) |
| Age group | |||||||
| 1973–1978 | 65 681 (49.10%) | 115 833 (53.19%) | 75 985 (54.65%) | 93 650 (55.53%) | 97 356 (50.73%) | 40 520 (41.60%) | 489 025 (51.56%) |
| 1979–1984 | 68 078 (50.90% | 101 936 (46.81%) | 63 056 (45.35%) | 74 999 (44.47%) | 94 540 (49.27%) | 56 884 (58.40%) | 459 493 (48.44%) |
| Area of residency | |||||||
| Rural | 17 183 (12.96%) | 40 008 (18.53%) | 26 145 (18.95%) | 42 167 (25.22%) | 48 997 (25.79%) | 25 595 (26.54%) | 200 095 (21.95%) |
| City | 53 465 (40.32%) | 68 174 (31.58%) | 43 778 (31.74%) | 37 717 (22.56%) | 44 614 (23.48%) | 26 482 (27.46%) | 274 230 (29.17%) |
| Town | 61 948 (46.72%) | 107 725 (49.89%) | 68 021 (49.31%) | 87 285 (52.21%) | 96 374 (50.73%) | 44 362 (46.00%) | 465 715 (49.54%) |
| Maternal nationality | |||||||
| Swedish | 125 524 (93.84%) | 205 198 (94.23%) | 131 095 (94.29%) | 152 097 (90.19%) | 168 133 (87.62%) | 86 822 (89.14%) | 868 869 (91.60%) |
| Nordic | 4125 (3.08%) | 7614 (3.50%) | 4997 (3.59%) | 10 390 (6.16%) | 13 470 (7.02%) | 4981 (5.11%) | 45 577 (4.81%) |
| European | 3034 (2.27%) | 3660 (1.68%) | 2333 (1.68%) | 4828 (2.86%) | 8174 (4.26%) | 3735 (3.83%) | 25 764 (2.72%) |
| Non-European | 1076 (0.80%) | 1297 (0.60%) | 616 (0.44%) | 1334 (0.79%) | 2119 (1.10%) | 1866 (1.92%) | 8308 (0.88%) |
| Single parent household | |||||||
| Yes | 7278 (5.46%) | 15 243 (7.01%) | 16 909 (12.19%) | 13 173 (7.83%) | 28 186 (14.73%) | 18 157 (18.72%) | 98 946 (10.46%) |
| Parental psychosocial problems | |||||||
| Maternal alcohol and/or drug abuse | 1547 (1.16%) | 2929 (1.35%) | 2426 (1.75%) | 3692 (2.19%) | 5310 (2.77%) | 2869 (2.95%) | 18 773 (1.98%) |
| Maternal mental health problems | 6698 (5.02%) | 11 318 (5.21%) | 8259 (5.95%) | 12 290 (7.30%) | 17 003 (8.88%) | 8938 (9.20%) | 64 506 (6.82%) |
| Maternal criminality | 660 (0.49%) | 1329 (0.61%) | 1143 (0.82%) | 1933 (1.15%) | 3235 (1.69%) | 2091 (2.15%) | 10 391 (1.10%) |
| Paternal alcohol and/or drug abuse | 3202 (2.40%) | 6789 (3.12%) | 7203 (5.19%) | 8595 (5.11%) | 13 993 (7.31%) | 7280 (7.50%) | 47 062 (4.97%) |
| Paternal mental health problems | 5363 (4.02%) | 9994 (4.60%) | 8454 (6.09%) | 10 411 (6.19%) | 16 484 (8.61%) | 8305 (8.55%) | 59 011 (6.23%) |
| Paternal criminality | 3921 (2.94%) | 8778 (4.04%) | 9476 (6.83%) | 13 062 (7.76%) | 23 162 (12.10%) | 12 824 (13.20%) | 71 223 (7.53%) |