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. 2019 Dec 13;14(12):e0226198. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226198

Table 1. Cohort characteristics by occupational gender composition and childbirth (N = 364,411).

Factors Groups by occupational gender composition and childbirth
Extremely male-dominated (n = 5,363) % Male-dominated (n = 50,938) % Gender-integrated (n = 38,692) % Female-dominated (n = 252,041) % Extremely female-dominated (n = 17,371) %
B0 B1 B1+ B0 B1 B1+ B0 B1 B1+ B0 B1 B1+ B0 B1 B1+
Total % 92.5 2.7 4.8 87.4 4.2 8.4 86.4 4.3 9.3 92.0 3.0 5.0 81.3 5.5 13.2
Age
18–24 43.7 23.3 26.3 33.2 9.5 9.5 27.2 5.6 5.6 58.8 28.8 26.8 21.9 5.3 8.7
25–29 23.8 33.6 35.3 28.3 30.3 39.7 30.1 27.9 37.7 21.5 36.1 44.9 31.2 42.1 54.5
30–34 15.7 27.4 29.0 20.5 38.3 42.0 23.6 44.1 47.6 11.0 24.9 24.3 24.3 35.9 31.9
35–39 16.8 15.8 9.4 18.0 21.9 8.8 19.1 22.5 9.2 8.7 10.2 4.0 22.6 16.7 4.8
Country of birth
Sweden 92.7 91.8 97.3 90.6 90.0 93.8 88.8 89.7 93.8 89.3 87.6 91.8 90.4 91.3 94.4
Other Northern Europe 1.3 0 0 1.4 1.9 1.2 1.5 1.9 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.8 2.1 1.9 1.4
Other EU25 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.5 2.0 1.3 2.3 2.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.3 0.9
Rest of the world 5.0 7.5 2.4 6.6 6.6 3.6 7.4 6.2 3.9 8.7 10.2 6.7 6.1 5.6 3.3
Type of living area
Large city 36.6 40.4 32.2 48.8 50.8 53.5 52.3 56.5 58.2 42.8 40.2 38.6 47.1 42.4 40.0
Medium-sized city 38.5 32.9 41.2 32.9 29.7 29.3 32.4 29.3 28.6 36.1 35.2 36.2 35.5 34.1 38.9
Small city/village 25.0 26.7 26.7 18.2 19.4 17.1 15.3 14.2 13.2 21.0 24.6 25.3 17.4 23.5 21.0
Educational attainment
Elementary school (≤9 years) 13.0 7.5 7.1 8.8 6.2 3.3 7.0 3.1 1.6 13.4 10.4 6.6 2.5 1.4 0.6
High school (10–12 years) 58.8 67.1 62.8 47.3 45.9 36.7 31.7 25.5 17.4 53.6 58.4 50.6 21.0 15.2 9.2
University/college (≥13 years) 28.2 25.3 30.2 43.9 48.0 60.0 61.3 71.4 81.0 33.0 31.2 42.8 76.5 83.5 90.2
Family situation
Married or registered partnership 5.0 13.7 14.5 6.6 26.5 31.8 7.2 31.5 37.2 4.2 19.7 24.0 8.4 27.2 30.4
Single 95.0 86.3 85.5 93.4 73.5 68.2 92.8 68.5 62.8 95.8 80.3 76.1 91.6 72.8 69.6

B0 = no childbirth before or in 2005, nor during the subsequent 3.75 years, B1 = first childbirth in 2005 and no births during the subsequent 3.75 years, B1+ = first childbirth in 2005 and at least one more birth during the subsequent 3.75 years.