Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics at a mean of 19.2 years follow-up in 109 patients (percentages are given).
| Characteristic | Percentage |
| Educational level | |
| Primary school (9 year) | 14 |
| High school (12 year) | 28 |
| University college | 58 |
| Work status | |
| Working Student |
80 2 |
| Homemaker | 7 |
| On sick leave | 3 |
| Rehabilitation | 4 |
| Disability pension | 4 |
| Changed job because of back pain or disability | 7 |
| Scoliosis influenced my choice of education and job | 22 |
| Comorbidity | 26 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Married/living together | 77 |
| Born children (n = 102) | 87 |
| Pain in pregnancy (n = 88) | 55 |