Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the study population by types of recurrent single and multisite pain in panel 1 (2007)

	Types of recurrent single and multisite pain										Total*
	No past or current pain (n = 1408)	Only current single-site pain (n = 294)	Only current multisite pain (n = 249)	Only past single-site pain (n = 310)	Recurrent single-site pain (n = 154)	Past single-site, current multisite pain (n = 236)	Only past multisite pain (n = 142)	Past multisite pain, current single-site (n = 109)	Recurrent multisite pain (n = 289)	Total (n = 3191)
	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	Col %	N
Sex
Men	22	19	11	20	13	11	19	12	11	18	575
Women	78	81	89	80	87	89	81	88	89	82	2616
Occupational status
Managers and professional	38	38	27	35	34	22	30	28	21	33	1065
Semi-professionals	24	24	24	25	19	24	24	26	16	23	746
Routine non-manual workers	29	28	35	34	38	42	32	35	46	33	1050
Manual workers	9	10	13	7	8	11	15	12	17	10	326
Marital status
Married or cohabiting	70	71	70	65	76	67	65	76	68	69	2216
Never married, divorced or widowed	30	29	30	35	24	32	35	24	32	30	969
Pain-related illness (rheumatoid disease, cancer, arthrosis or migraine)	26	41	45	28	46	55	35	49	57	36	1157
Long-standing illness	33	51	64	38	58	64	39	61	68	46	1453
Common mental disorders	14	30	31	17	28	41	28	24	44	23	747
Obesity	13	16	24	15	21	19	20	17	22	17	532
Physically strenuous working environment	24	26	36	25	29	42	35	36	44	29	936
Mentally strenuous working environment	9	13	18	11	11	14	12	17	18	12	375
Shift work or night work	15	16	20	18	17	19	19	21	15	16	525

*Columns not sum to total n/100% if missing values