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. 2007 Apr;61(4):331–336. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.049395

Table 1 Characteristics of study population over time; women (n = 1981).

T1 1980–81 T2 1988–89 T3 1996–1997
% (n) % (n) % (n)
Exposure
 Financial stress (inability to pay ordinary bills or lack of cash reserves) 19.1 (377) 16.4 (323) 21.2 (413)
 Low income (income below 60% of median income) 42.7 (845) 38.8 (769) 47.0 (930)
 
Background factors
 Age (range, mean, standard deviation) 16–68, 39 (15) 24–76, 47 (15) 32–84, 55 (15)
Family characteristics
 Living alone, without children 24.3 (481) 20.8 (411) 26.3 (520)
 Living alone, with children 5.6 (111) 5.3 (104) 4.8 (94)
Living in a metropolitan area (living in a densely populated area) 61.3 (1215) 63.8 (1264) 65.4 (1296)
Foreign born (born outside Sweden) 10.6 (209) 10.7 (210) 10.2 (203)
Low educational level (⩽9 years of compulsory school or less) 44.8 (888) 34.4 (682) 33.2 (657)
Low occupational status (manual workers) 54.0 (943) 54.1 (943) 47.5 (939)
Health outcomes
 Long‐term illness 36.7 (726) 45.9 (909) 57.4 (1137)
 Poor self‐rated health 19.3 (383) 22.9 (452) 31.4 (621)
 Psychological distress 15.5 (306) 14.2 (279) 20.5 (399)
 Musculoskeletal disorders 36.7 (436) 48.9 (665) 60.0 (855)
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