Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the study population (n=19 045)
| |
Men |
Women |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Total |
With hearing
difficulties |
With sickness
benefits or
disability pension |
Total |
With hearing
difficulties |
With sickness
benefits or
disability pension |
| Variable | n (% of total men) | n (% of total men within row) | n (% of total men within row) | n (% of total women) | n (% of total women within row) | n (% of total women within row) |
|
Gender |
9 287 (100.0) |
1 213 (13.1) |
776 (8.4) |
9 758 (100.0) |
956 (9.8) |
1 359 (13.9) |
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20-24 |
963 (10.4) |
51 (5.3) |
8 (0.8) |
915 (9.4) |
50 (5.5) |
21 (2.3) |
|
25-34 |
1 935 (20.8) |
140 (7.2) |
37 (1.9) |
1 951 (20.0) |
110 (5.6) |
81 (4.2) |
|
35-44 |
2 245 (24.2) |
221 (9.8) |
101 (4.5) |
2 445 (25.1) |
186 (7.6) |
243 (9.9) |
|
45-54 |
2 104 (22.7) |
292(13.9) |
205 (9.7) |
2 264 (23.2) |
283 (12.5) |
393 (17.4) |
|
55-64 |
2 040 (22.0) |
509 (25.0) |
425 (20.8) |
2 183 (22.4) |
327 (15.0) |
621 (28.4) |
|
Socio-economic status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional work level |
1 416 (15.2) |
123 (8.7) |
43 (3.0) |
1 205 (12.3) |
81 (6.7) |
88 (7.3) |
|
Intermediate non-manual work level |
1 704 (18.3) |
204 (12.0) |
92 (5.4) |
2 236 (22.9) |
193 (8.6) |
228 (10.2) |
|
Assistant non-manual work level |
819 (8.8) |
90 (11.0) |
81 (9.9) |
1 647 (16.9) |
165 (10.0) |
270 (16.4) |
|
Self-employed non-professional
work level |
996 (10.7) |
142 (14.3) |
91 (9.1) |
475 (4.9) |
37 (7.8) |
48 (10.1) |
|
Skilled manual work level |
1 899 (20.4) |
318 (16.7) |
219 (11.5) |
1 361 (13.9) |
150 (11.0) |
231 (17.0) |
|
Unskilled/semiskilled
manual work level |
1 949 (21.0) |
302 (15.5) |
243 (12.5) |
2 139 (21.9) |
283 (13.2) |
486 (22.7) |
|
Students |
504 (5.4) |
34 (6.7) |
7 (1.4) |
695 (7.1) |
47 (6.8) |
8 (1.2) |
|
Type of living area |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Urban |
3 220 (34.7) |
342 (10.6) |
210 (6.5) |
3 553 (36.4) |
293 (8.2) |
378 (10.6) |
|
Semi-urban |
3 365 (36.2) |
453 (13.5) |
269 (8.0) |
3 499 (35.9) |
349 (10.0) |
491 (14.0) |
|
Sparsely populated |
2 702 (29.1) |
418 (15.5) |
297 (11.0) |
2 706 (27.7) |
314 (11.6) |
490 (18.1) |
|
Country of birth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sweden |
8 226 (88.6) |
1 078 (13.1) |
646 (7.9) |
8 529 (87.4) |
828 (9.7) |
1 149 (13.5) |
|
Elsewhere |
1 061 (11.4) |
135 (12.7) |
130 (12.3) |
1 229 (12.6) |
128 (10.4) |
210 (17.1) |
|
Main income source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Work |
7 355 (79.2) |
885 (12.0) |
0 (0) |
6 949 (71.2) |
589 (8.5) |
0 (0) |
|
Parental benefits |
19 (0.2) |
3 (15.8) |
0 (0) |
276 (2.8) |
14 (5.1) |
0 (0) |
|
Student allowance |
230 (2.5) |
15 (6.5) |
0 (0) |
327 (3.4) |
22 (6.7) |
0 (0) |
|
Social assistance |
42 (0.5) |
5 (11.9) |
0 (0) |
44 (0.5) |
4 (9.1) |
0 (0) |
|
Unemployment benefits |
495 (5.3) |
76 (15.4) |
0 (0) |
393 (4.0) |
54 (13.7) |
0 (0) |
|
Sickness benefits |
228 (2.5) |
45 (19.7) |
228 (100.0) |
424 (4.3) |
61 (14.4) |
424 (100.0) |
|
Disability pension |
548 (5.9) |
146 (26.6) |
548 (100.0) |
935 (9.6) |
184 (19.7) |
935 (100.0) |
| Miscellaneous | 370 (4.0) | 38 (10.3) | 0 (0) | 410 (4.2) | 28 (6.8) | 0 (0) |