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. 2023 Aug 15;14:4919. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40568-4

Table 2.

Distribution of the study population across sociodemographic variables including SES, living conditions and vaccination status

Sweden Nordics w/o Sweden EU28/EEA w/o Nordic Europe w/o EU28/EEA Middle East Africa Asia North America South America
Sex
Female 3,081,265 (50.1) 123,227 (57.7) 158,609 (48.5) 127,638 (51.3) 174,187 (44.7) 82,699 (47.5) 139,316 (54.9) 12,058 (48.6) 40,278 (51.8)
Male 3,066,595 (49.9) 90,396 (42.3) 168,621 (51.5) 121,148 (48.7) 215,140 (55.3) 91,381 (52.5) 114,389 (45.1) 12,774 (51.4) 37,435 (48.2)
Age category
20–44 2,390,652 (38.9) 34,689 (16.2) 163,129 (49.9) 120,555 (48.5) 232,457 (59.7) 118,129 (67.9) 176,770 (69.7) 13,409 (54.0) 39,264 (50.5)
45–64 1,983,418 (32.3) 74,354 (34.8) 96,190 (29.4) 91,127 (36.6) 126,325 (32.4) 47,200 (27.1) 65,689 (25.9) 8022 (32.3) 28,027 (36.1)
65+ 1,773,790 (28.9) 104,580 (49.0) 67,911 (20.8) 37,104 (14.9) 30,545 (7.8) 8751 (5.0) 11,246 (4.4) 3401 (13.7) 10,422 (13.4)
Education
Primary 903,943 (14.7) 50,467 (23.6) 31,231 (9.5) 53,650 (21.6) 101,883 (26.2) 54,070 (31.1) 48,720 (19.2) 1162 (4.7) 10,498 (13.5)
Secondary 2,796,253 (45.5) 86,934 (40.7) 103,760 (31.7) 100,441 (40.4) 125,001 (32.1) 65,499 (37.6) 68,887 (27.2) 4320 (17.4) 30,556 (39.3)
Post-secondary 2,418,167 (39.3) 66,694 (31.2) 151,207 (46.2) 82,429 (33.1) 145,092 (37.3) 44,134 (25.4) 112,537 (44.4) 17,374 (70.0) 34,370 (44.2)
Unknown 29,497 (0.5) 9528 (4.5) 41,032 (12.5) 12,266 (4.9) 17,351 (4.5) 10,377 (6.0) 23,561 (9.3) 1976 (8.0) 2289 (2.9)
Disposable income quartiles
0–24 1,420,480 (23.1) 80,979 (37.9) 116,785 (35.7) 69,258 (27.8) 145,697 (37.4) 73,374 (42.1) 96,763 (38.1) 8327 (33.5) 24,317 (31.3)
25–49 1,565,365 (25.5) 56,242 (26.3) 81,055 (24.8) 61,684 (24.8) 112,849 (29.0) 48,958 (28.1) 62,129 (24.5) 4852 (19.5) 19,629 (25.3)
50–74 1,555,343 (25.3) 41,815 (19.6) 74,825 (22.9) 73,473 (29.5) 87,034 (22.4) 36,598 (21.0) 59,661 (23.5) 5332 (21.5) 19,979 (25.7)
75–100 1,606,672 (26.1) 34,587 (16.2) 54,565 (16.7) 44,371 (17.8) 43,747 (11.2) 15,150 (8.7) 35,152 (13.9) 6321 (25.5) 13,788 (17.7)
Broad skill level (ISCO-08 grouping)a
3,4 1,930,890 (31.4) 43,401 (20.3) 79,689 (24.4) 43,366 (17.4) 56,508 (14.5) 15,675 (9.0) 50,270 (19.8) 10,192 (41.0) 18,142 (23.3)
2 1,969,631 (32.0) 46,187 (21.6) 85,373 (26.1) 88,428 (35.5) 120,429 (30.9) 67,555 (38.8) 76,632 (30.2) 4256 (17.1) 27,945 (36.0)
1 164,109 (2.7) 5139 (2.4) 22,397 (6.8) 25,744 (10.3) 27,115 (7.0) 21,414 (12.3) 29,430 (11.6) 681 (2.7) 7812 (10.1)
AF 11,066 (0.2) 68 (0.0) 91 (0.0) 44 (0.0) 41 (0.0) – (0.0) 58 (0.0) 14 (0.1) 49 (0.1)
X 2,072,164 (33.7) 118,828 (55.6) 139,680 (42.7) 91,204 (36.7) 185,234 (47.6) 69,428 (39.9) 97,315 (38.4) 9689 (39.0) 23,765 (30.6)
Household
Cohabitating 3,749,919 (61.0) 114,059 (53.4) 162,147 (49.6) 137,695 (55.3) 192,631 (49.5) 62,619 (36.0) 121,432 (47.9) 14,309 (57.6) 36,709 (47.2)
Single 1,947,654 (31.7) 80,137 (37.5) 83,719 (25.6) 57,484 (23.1) 89,391 (23.0) 52,683 (30.3) 52,860 (20.8) 5729 (23.1) 22,793 (29.3)
Other 450,287 (7.3) 19,427 (9.1) 81,364 (24.9) 53,607 (21.5) 107,305 (27.6) 58,778 (33.8) 79,413 (31.3) 4794 (19.3) 18,211 (23.4)
Accommodation type
House 3,411,114 (55.5) 100,722 (47.1) 131,002 (40.0) 70,981 (28.5) 84,085 (21.6) 16,196 (9.3) 68,559 (27.0) 9697 (39.1) 19,283 (24.8)
Apartment 2,398,466 (39.0) 98,145 (45.9) 168,703 (51.6) 165,771 (66.6) 280,415 (72.0) 145,649 (83.7) 159,802 (63.0) 12,940 (52.1) 53,982 (69.5)
Special student 57,569 (0.9) 1813 (0.8) 7299 (2.2) 1925 (0.8) 7061 (1.8) 4704 (2.7) 12,853 (5.1) 816 (3.3) 1086 (1.4)
Elderly care 82,474 (1.3) 5164 (2.4) 2649 (0.8) 1323 (0.5) 1680 (0.4) 805 (0.5) 815 (0.3) 169 (0.7) 442 (0.6)
Other 198,237 (3.2) 7779 (3.6) 17,577 (5.4) 8786 (3.5) 16,086 (4.1) 6726 (3.9) 11,676 (4.6) 1210 (4.9) 2920 (3.8)
Living area per person quartiles
Q1 825,750 (13.4) 24,200 (11.3) 98,643 (30.1) 94,368 (37.9) 195,010 (50.1) 103,244 (59.3) 116,371 (45.9) 6625 (26.7) 26,746 (34.4)
Q2 1,349,095 (21.9) 40,682 (19.0) 75,358 (23.0) 63,982 (25.7) 84,696 (21.8) 31,349 (18.0) 60,833 (24.0) 6499 (26.2) 20,502 (26.4)
Q3 1,691,387 (27.5) 59,813 (28.0) 67,604 (20.7) 47,137 (18.9) 56,201 (14.4) 19,882 (11.4) 41,861 (16.5) 5705 (23.0) 16,416 (21.1)
Q4 2,106,999 (34.3) 82,340 (38.5) 69,863 (21.3) 36,686 (14.7) 42,427 (10.9) 15,461 (8.9) 25,571 (10.1) 5034 (20.3) 11,983 (15.4)
DeSO population density quintiles
Q1 1,238,027 (20.1) 37,465 (17.5) 46,790 (14.3) 8699 (3.5) 8968 (2.3) 4069 (2.3) 14,808 (5.8) 2773 (11.2) 3936 (5.1)
Q2 1,236,667 (20.1) 41,975 (19.6) 47,579 (14.5) 28,663 (11.5) 43,912 (11.3) 17,133 (9.8) 31,109 (12.3) 3091 (12.4) 7297 (9.4)
Q3 1,312,207 (21.3) 44,532 (20.8) 59,055 (18.0) 57,044 (22.9) 83,700 (21.5) 32,840 (18.9) 50,222 (19.8) 4265 (17.2) 13,509 (17.4)
Q4 1,238,843 (20.2) 45,549 (21.3) 75,018 (22.9) 68,376 (27.5) 115,730 (29.7) 45,358 (26.1) 67,898 (26.8) 5645 (22.7) 19,992 (25.7)
Q5 1,122,116 (18.3) 44,102 (20.6) 98,788 (30.2) 86,004 (34.6) 137,017 (35.2) 74,680 (42.9) 89,668 (35.3) 9058 (36.5) 32,979 (42.4)
Region
East 1,648,797 (26.8) 74,683 (35.0) 131,259 (40.1) 75,764 (30.5) 139,210 (35.8) 74,725 (42.9) 103,194 (40.7) 11,470 (46.2) 42,058 (54.1)
Mid-west 834,719 (13.6) 16,923 (7.9) 35,144 (10.7) 33,283 (13.4) 48,697 (12.5) 16,311 (9.4) 26,127 (10.3) 1916 (7.7) 5992 (7.7)
North 807,678 (13.1) 23,949 (11.2) 14,695 (4.5) 7767 (3.1) 19,597 (5.0) 18,727 (10.8) 20,973 (8.3) 1554 (6.3) 4036 (5.2)
South 882,572 (14.4) 28,963 (13.6) 64,829 (19.8) 57,270 (23.0) 66,087 (17.0) 14,424 (8.3) 37,324 (14.7) 3961 (16.0) 8566 (11.0)
South-East 732,058 (11.9) 29,803 (14.0) 21,118 (6.5) 17,823 (7.2) 38,006 (9.8) 19,514 (11.2) 20,010 (7.9) 1643 (6.6) 4627 (6.0)
West 1,242,036 (20.2) 39,302 (18.4) 60,185 (18.4) 56,879 (22.9) 77,730 (20.0) 30,379 (17.5) 46,077 (18.2) 4288 (17.3) 12,434 (16.0)
Vaccinated
Yes 5,589,732 (90.9) 184,605 (86.4) 210,576 (64.4) 172,305 (69.3) 291,253 (74.8) 122,785 (70.5) 208,948 (82.4) 19,098 (76.9) 63,238 (81.4)
No 558,122 (9.1) 29,018 (13.6) 116,644 (35.6) 76,472 (30.7) 98,058 (25.2) 51,282 (29.5) 44,743 (17.6) 5727 (23.1) 14,472 (18.6)

a3,4: Managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals; 2: Clerical, service, and sales workers, skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery worker, craft and related trade workers, and plant and machine operators, and assemblers; 1: Elementary occupations; AF: Armed Forces; X: Not elsewhere classified.