Table 1.
Socio-demographic and psychosocial factors of the total sample, men and women
| |
Men N = 399 |
Women N = 573 |
P-value* |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | % | (N) | % | (N) | |
| Age groups | |||||
| 18–29 |
14.3 |
(57) |
18.7 |
(107) |
.007 |
| 30–39 |
19.3 |
(77) |
24.1 |
(138) |
|
| 40–49 |
24.1 |
(96) |
21.8 |
(125) |
|
| 50–59 |
24.6 |
(98) |
23.7 |
(136) |
|
| 60–65 |
17.8 |
(71) |
11.7 |
(67) |
|
| Civil status | |||||
| Single/widowed/divorced |
12.1 |
(48) |
14.9 |
(85) |
.325 |
| Boyfriend/girlfriend |
13.4 |
(53) |
11.2 |
(64) |
|
| Married/cohabitant/registered partnership |
74.6 |
(296) |
73.8 |
(420) |
|
| Heterosexual relationship |
86.2 |
(344) |
83.2 |
(477) |
|
| Same-sex relationship |
1.3 |
(5) |
1.2 |
(7) |
|
| Duration of the present relationship | |||||
| > 10 years |
56.9 |
(227) |
50.3 |
(288) |
.298 |
| 4–10 years |
15.5 |
(62) |
20.1 |
(115) |
|
| 1–3 years |
16.0 |
(64) |
14.3 |
(82) |
|
| Country of Birth | |||||
| Sweden |
89.2 |
(356) |
90.6 |
(519) |
.164 |
| Other Nordic country |
1.8 |
(7) |
2.6 |
(15) |
|
| Other European country |
2.5 |
(10) |
3.1 |
(18) |
|
| Country outside of Europe |
6.5 |
(26) |
3.7 |
(21) |
|
| Educational level (highest) | |||||
| University |
39.4 |
(156) |
47.2 |
(270) |
.047 |
| High school (10–12 yrs) |
43.7 |
(173) |
36.9 |
(211) |
|
| Compulsory (≤9 yrs) |
16.9 |
(67) |
15.9 |
(91) |
|
| Annual income (before tax, Swedish crowns) | |||||
| 310,000 or more |
40.9 |
(163) |
15.2 |
(87) |
.001 |
| 235,000–309,999 |
26.8 |
(107) |
25.0 |
(143) |
|
| 160,000–234,999 |
13.0 |
(52) |
30.5 |
(175) |
|
| 0–159,999 |
19.3 |
(77) |
29.3 |
(168) |
|
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed |
83.3 |
(329) |
69.7 |
(396) |
<0.0001 |
| Student |
5.1 |
(20) |
6.2 |
(35) |
|
| Retired |
5.8 |
(23) |
8.3 |
(47) |
|
| Sick leave (more than 3 months) |
1.3 |
(5) |
1.4 |
(8) |
|
| Parental leave or leave of absence |
0.5 |
(2) |
6.2 |
(35) |
|
| Unemployed |
2.8 |
(11) |
4.0 |
(23) |
|
| Other |
1.3 |
(5) |
4.2 |
(24) |
|
| Access to social support | |||||
| Yes |
64.4 |
(257) |
64.6 |
(370) |
.973 |
| No |
11.8 |
(47) |
10.5 |
(60) |
|
| Unsure |
23.1 |
(92) |
24.3 |
(139) |
|
| Grown up in a home with violence between parents | |||||
| No |
90.4 |
(357) |
90.3 |
(510) |
.953 |
| Yes |
9.4 |
(37) |
9.2 |
(52) |
|
| Unsure | 0.3 | (1) | 0.5 | (3) | |
*Mann Whitney U test for ordinal variables and Chi-squared test for independence for categorical variables.