Table 2.

Descriptive statistics: biological and adoptive Swedish fathers, born 1915–1960

Variable	Category	Biological				Adoptive
		N	%	Deaths	Rate	N	%	Deaths	Rate
Parity	0	418,005	19.72	193,361	19.3
	1	342,262	16.14	151,370	17.0	18,804	60.75	8505	16.2
	2	760,393	35.87	240,620	12.2	11,045	35.68	2282	8.0
	3	399,495	18.84	130,379	12.6	960	3.1	144	5.9
	4	134,150	6.33	53,137	15.1	145	0.47	35	8.8
	5	42,950	2.03	20,252	17.8
	6	14,895	0.7	8124	20.3
	7	5574	0.26	3351	22.3
	8	2221	0.1	1418	23.6
Adoptee origin	Domestic					15,777	50.97	9410	19.6
	Transnational					14,656	47.35	1456	4.2
	Mixed					521	1.68	100	6.7
Birth cohort	1915–1920	273,628	12.91	261,040	37.8	4811	15.54	4534	36.7
	1921–1925	229,607	10.83	190,018	27.0	3521	11.37	2711	24.0
	1926–1930	202,019	9.53	127,590	18.0	3029	9.79	1621	14.4
	1931–1935	187,313	8.84	81,076	12.3	2645	8.54	856	8.7
	1936–1940	201,422	9.5	53,891	8.4	2859	9.24	523	5.6
	1941–1945	266,330	12.56	43,052	6.0	4166	13.46	438	3.8
	1946–1950	277,524	13.09	26,497	4.3	4366	14.1	196	2.0
	1951–1955	243,948	11.51	12,881	3.1	3250	10.5	65	1.2
	1956–1960	238,154	11.23	5967	2.2	2307	7.45	22	0.8
Education	Primary < 9 years	614,743	29	333,590	16.8	7709	24.9	4074	15.9
	Primary—9 years	193,070	9.11	33,472	8.4	2000	6.46	367	7.7
	Secondary—10–11 years	477,555	22.53	118,979	10.3	6080	19.64	1605	9.9
	Secondary—12 years	262,291	12.37	67,712	9.5	4757	15.37	1202	8.7
	Tertiary—13–15 years	160,351	7.56	28,662	7.4	3061	9.89	539	6.9
	Tertiary—15+ years	199,064	9.39	34,477	6.9	4439	14.34	691	6.0
	Postgraduate	17,247	0.81	3393	6.9	407	1.31	71	6.0
	Missing	195,624	9.23	181,727	75.7	2501	8.08	2417	84.5
EGP	I	173,623	8.19	27,021	6.4	3894	12.58	527	5.4
	II	332,028	15.66	81,199	9.1	6501	21	1410	7.8
	III	173,705	8.19	50,977	11.2	2830	9.14	803	10.3
	IV	87,488	4.13	7890	4.2	1112	3.59	60	2.4
	VI–VII	913,977	43.11	328,083	13.4	10,477	33.85	3415	11.2
	Unknown	439,124	20.71	306,842	29.9	6140	19.84	4751	31.0