Table 1. Sociodemographic indicators of the study population.

		Sweden	East Africa		Latin America
Variables	Variable characteristics	Native Swedish n=11 572 %	Adoptees n=11 572 %	Refugees n=11 572 %	Adoptees n=11 572 %	Refugees n=11 572 %
Gender	Male	51.4	45.2	55.9	55.3	53.2
	Female	48.6	54.8	44.1	47.7	47.8
Age in 2005	Mean age	28.9	26.7	22.9	23.2	23.1
Age at immigration	Mean age		1.3	12.7	1.5	10.5
Municipality	Big city	42.7	53.1	72.1	51.6	65.9
	Town	43.7	37.5	25.6	40.8	29.3
	Rural	13.6	9.4	2.3	7.6	4.8
Income in quintiles	1	16.0	12.6	58.0	15.3	38.3
	2	19.8	18.9	18.7	18.8	26.2
	3	20.7	18.7	9.4	20.6	18.0
	4	21.8	23.6	8.5	24.1	11.7
	5	21.7	26.2	5.4	21.3	5.8

^aN=population size.