Table 1. Descriptive statistics at baseline (1990 and 2000) among individuals with long-term sickness absence for psychiatric disorder (LTSAP) and no registered sickness absence (SA).
| 1990 | 2000 | |||
| No SA, N (%) | LTSAP, N (%) | No SA, N (%) | LTSAP, N (%) | |
| All | 242639 (99.0) | 2351 (1.0) | 756418 (99.0) | 7719 (1.0) |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 71384 (29.4) | 336 (14.3) | 168713 (22.3) | 831 (10.8) |
| Women | 171255 (70.6) | 2015 (85.7) | 587705 (77.7) | 6888 (89.2) |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 16–26 | 51894 (21.4) | 153 (6.5) | 84432 (11.2) | 148 (1.9) |
| 27–37 | 55424 (22.8) | 721 (30.7) | 179453 (23.7) | 1613 (20.9) |
| 38–48 | 78909 (32.5) | 933 (39.7) | 242492 (32.1) | 3112 (40.3) |
| 49–60 | 56412 (23.2) | 544 (23.1) | 250041 (33.1) | 2846 (36.9) |
| Country of birth | ||||
| Sweden | 221092 (91.1) | 2101 (89.4) | 685642 (90.6) | 7108 (92.1) |
| Other Nordic | 9476 (3.9) | 134 (5.7) | 24722 (3.3) | 291 (3.8) |
| Other European | 5397 (2.2) | 74 (3.1) | 19965 (2.7) | 178 (2.3) |
| Rest of the world | 6674 (2.8) | 42 (1.8) | 26089 (3.4) | 142 (1.8) |
| Education (years) | ||||
| High (>12) | 92480 (38.1) | 693 (29.5) | 354600 (46.9) | 3956 (51.3) |
| Medium (10–12) | 97851 (40.3) | 1214 (51.6) | 332372 (43.9) | 3243 (42.0) |
| Low (0–9) | 52308 (21.6) | 444 (18.9) | 69446 (9.2) | 520 (6.7) |
| Family situation | ||||
| Married* | 106748 (39,9) | 701 (29.8) | 276020 (36.5) | 2816 (36.5) |
| Married** | 31488 (13.0) | 331 (14.1) | 116499 (15.4) | 1167 (15.1) |
| Unmarried* | 51869 (21.4) | 306 (13.0) | 129258 (17.1) | 1131 (14.7) |
| Unmarried** | 34692 (14.3) | 416 (17.7) | 139891 (18.5) | 924 (12.0) |
| Divorced/widowed* | 8376 (3.5) | 296 (12.6) | 46214 (6.1) | 906 (11.7) |
| Divorced/widowed** | 9466 (3.9) | 301 (12.8) | 48536 (6.4) | 775 (10.0) |
*
With children,
**
Without children.