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. 2025 Jun 6;36(3):682–698. doi: 10.1007/s10926-025-10303-5

Table 6.

The reasoning behind the cluster descriptions

Age Clusters
Young Mean age of the cluster under 35 1, 2, 3
Middle-aged Mean age of the cluster 35–50 4, 5, 6, 7
Over middle-aged Mean age of the cluster over 50 8, 9, 10, 11
Level of education
Low or intermediate Under 15% of the individuals in the cluster have a higher degree and more individuals have a primary or unknown degree than a higher degree 2, 3, 4, 10
Intermediate to high Over 15% of the individuals in the cluster have a higher degree and more individuals have a secondary degree than primary or unknown degree 1, 7, 9, 11
High Over 80% of the individuals in the cluster have a higher degree 5, 6, 8
Family type
Living alone Over 80% of the individuals in the cluster live alone 1, 9
Living in a relationship Over 60% of the individuals in the cluster live with another adult 2, 3, 5, 10, 11
Living with a family Over 80% of the individuals in the cluster live in with another adult and at least one child 4, 6, 7
Single parent Over 30% of the individuals in the cluster live with at least one child 8
Sex
Male 100% of the people in the cluster are men 3, 7
Female 100% of the people in the cluster are women 2, 6
Health
Good Over 50% of the people in the cluster have no health challenges 1, 3, 5, 6
Intermediate Over 40% of the individuals in the cluster have one health challenge 2, 4, 7
Poor Over 10% of the individuals in the cluster have two health challenges and less than 50% of them have no health challenges 8, 9, 10, 11
Type of municipality of residence
City Over 80% of the individuals in the cluster live in a city 1, 2, 3, 5
Urban or rural Over 60% of the individuals in the cluster live either in an urban or rural area 10