Table 1.
Demographic characteristics at the time of marriage of individuals married in Sweden between 1996–2009, by sex and sexual orientation
| Demographics | Women |
Men |
χ2 P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same-sex N (%) | Different-sex N (%) | Same-sex N (%) | Different-sex N (%) | ||
| Total N (%) | 3229 (50) | 580,929 (49) | 3229 (50) | 600,794 (51) | |
| Age in years | <.0001 | ||||
| 18–29 | 832 (26) | 227,568 (39) | 379 (12) | 151,015 (25) | |
| 30–39 | 1387 (43) | 234,518 (40) | 1071 (33) | 277,191 (46) | |
| 40–49 | 696 (22) | 76,145 (13) | 949 (29) | 105,193 (18) | |
| 50+ | 314 (10) | 42,698 (7) | 830 (26) | 67,395 (11) | |
| Country of birth | <.0001 | ||||
| Sweden | 2745 (85) | 476,618 (82) | 2463 (76) | 491,318 (82) | |
| Other Nordic | 166 (5) | 18,259 (3) | 239 (7) | 16,479 (3) | |
| Other European | 109 (3) | 15,700 (3) | 166 (5) | 16,126 (3) | |
| Other world | 209 (6) | 70,352 (12) | 361 (11) | 76,871 (13) | |
| Place of residencya | <.0001 | ||||
| Large city | 1934 (60) | 252,803 (43) | 2330 (72) | 260,273 (43) | |
| Medium municipality | 917 (28) | 200,022 (35) | 616 (19) | 207,178 (35) | |
| Small municipality | 378 (12) | 127,383 (22) | 281 (9) | 132,469 (22) | |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 721 (0) | 2 (0) | 874 (0) | |
| Educational attainment | <.0001 | ||||
| 9 years or less | 323 (10) | 67,126 (12) | 409 (13) | 85,238 (14) | |
| 10–12 years | 1408 (44) | 294,949 (51) | 1470 (45) | 337,351 (56) | |
| 13 years or more | 1460 (45) | 204,055 (35) | 1268 (39) | 164,276 (27) | |
| Missing | 38 (1) | 14799 (3) | 82 (3) | 13,929 (2) | |
| Living with childrenb | <.0001 | ||||
| No | 1607 (50) | 216,545 (37) | 2972 (92) | 252,328 (42) | |
| Yes | 1622 (50) | 364,384 (63) | 257 (8) | 348,466 (58) | |
| Prevalent HIV-infection | <.0001 | ||||
| No | 3115 (96.5) | 600,628 | |||
| Yes | 114 (3.5) | 166 (0.03) | |||
Statistical significance evaluated by χ2 tests
a
At the time of marriage, based on the H-classification scheme(34)
b
Measured at the year of marriage and the two following years. Yes means living with a child at least 1 of these years