Table 1.
Characteristics of the three cohorts of women, by cohort and childbirth group
| Cohort 1995 (n=486 628) (%) | Cohort 2000 (n=490 878) (%) | Cohort 2005 (n=492 504) (%) | |||||||
| B0 | B1 | B1+ | B0 | B1 | B1+ | B0 | B1 | B1+ | |
| n | 450 630 | 15 096 | 20 902 | 455 962 | 13 569 | 21 347 | 453 532 | 14 299 | 24 673 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| 18–24 | 58.1 | 36.2 | 35.3 | 55.4 | 29.4 | 25.6 | 56.7 | 25.8 | 21.4 |
| 25–29 | 19.9 | 35.5 | 43.7 | 21.6 | 36.0 | 46.2 | 20.4 | 32.1 | 42.0 |
| 30–34 | 11.9 | 20.1 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 12.4 | 28.6 | 30.9 |
| 35–39 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 3.3 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 5.8 |
| Country of birth | |||||||||
| Sweden | 90.5 | 91.1 | 94.0 | 89.0 | 88.2 | 93.0 | 87.6 | 86.6 | 91.5 |
| Other Scandinavian country | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| Other EU-25 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Rest of the world | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 6.5 |
| Type of living area | |||||||||
| Large cities | 41.7 | 39.7 | 37.0 | 43.3 | 41.6 | 41.4 | 43.4 | 43.8 | 44.1 |
| Medium-sized cities | 34.9 | 34.9 | 35.4 | 35.1 | 34.5 | 34.2 | 35.7 | 33.7 | 34.2 |
| Small cities/village | 23.4 | 25.4 | 27.6 | 21.7 | 23.9 | 24.4 | 20.9 | 22.5 | 21.8 |
| Educational level | |||||||||
| Elementary school (≤9 years) | 19.4 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 21.9 | 18.5 | 9.6 | 20.0 | 12.7 | 7.1 |
| High school (10–12 years) | 57.2 | 60.0 | 57.3 | 49.5 | 52.7 | 48.1 | 45.9 | 47.2 | 38.6 |
| University/college (≥13 years) | 23.4 | 24.7 | 33.5 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 42.3 | 34.1 | 40.1 | 54.3 |
| Family situation | |||||||||
| Married or cohabitant | 6.0 | 22.0 | 28.7 | 5.1 | 22.3 | 29.2 | 4.5 | 22.5 | 27.7 |
| Single | 94.0 | 78.0 | 71.3 | 94.9 | 77.7 | 70.8 | 95.5 | 77.5 | 72.3 |
B0, no childbirth during follow-up; B1, first childbirth during index year (at date T0) of each cohort and no more children during follow-up; B1+, first childbirth at T0 and at least one more during follow-up; EU-25, European Union 25.