Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population (n = 695)

Characteristics	All		Eating together		Eating alone
	N = 695	%	N = 503	%	N = 192	%
Sex
Female	366	53	242	48	124	65
Male	319	46	253	50	66	34
N/A	10	1	8	2	2	1
Education (y)
Primary (< 10)	188	27	139	28	49	25
Secondary (10-12)	194	28	135	27	59	31
Post-secondary (> 13)	301	43	222	44	79	41
N/A	12	2	7	1	5	3
Health status
Very good	154	22	111	22	43	22
Good	369	53	277	55	92	48
Moderate	149	22	100	20	49	26
Poor	18	3	11	2	7	4
Very poor	2	0	2	0.5	-
N/A	3	0	2	0.5	1	0
Age
70	108	15	76	15	32	17
71	123	18	91	18	32	17
72	102	15	75	15	27	14
73	124	18	92	18	32	17
74	101	14	78	16	23	12
75	116	17	82	16	34	17
N/A	21	3	9	2	12	6
Living situation
Living alone	166	24	4	1	162	85
Cohabiting	527	76	498	99	29	15
N/A	2	0	1	0	1	0
Marital status
Not married	79	12	21	4	58	30
Married/Cohabiting	502	72	476	95	26	14
Divorced	63	9	1	0	62	32
Widowed	48	7	4	1	44	23
N/A	3	0	1	0	2	1
Country of birth
Sweden	633	91	464	92	169	88
Nordic	29	4	17	4	12	6
European	20	3	11	2	9	5
Other	12	2	10	2	2	1
N/A	1	0	1	0	-