Table 1.

Characteristics of women by occupational and childbirth groups (N = 492,504). Number and percentages

Factors, in December 2004	Group 1: Non-manual occupations n = 48,442 (10%)			Group 2: Lower non-manual occupations n = 98,332 (20%)			Group 3: Manual occupations n = 153,666 (31%)			Group 4: Lower manual occupations n = 63,971 (13%)			Group 5: Missing n = 128,093 (26%)
	B0	B1	B1+	B0	B1	B1+	B0	B1	B1+	B0	B1	B1+	B0	B1	B1+
Total %	81.2	5.4	13.4	87.9	4.0	8.1	93.0	2.8	4.2	94.2	2.5	3.3	97.3	1.4	1.3
Age (years)
18–24	13.0	2.1	2.0	36.7	9.9	9.9	64.0	35.6	38.7	61.8	35.2	39.6	73.6	62.6	62.9
25–29	33.9	28.2	41.1	29.5	36.9	47.9	20.0	36.3	42.3	17.6	33.6	39.9	11.7	16.2	18.2
30–34	29.8	46.3	48.1	18.6	35.8	35.4	8.9	20.3	16.6	10.1	21.0	17.0	7.7	14.3	14.4
35–39	23.3	23.4	8.8	15.2	17.5	6.9	7.0	7.9	2.4	10.5	10.2	3.5	7.0	6.9	4.5
Country of birth
Sweden	89.5	91.0	94.4	91.4	91.0	94.3	89.4	86.7	90.6	87.1	83.3	88.9	82.4	73.6	73.7
Other Northern countries	1.7	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.1	0.8	1.1	0.6	1.0	1.1	0.7	1.1	1.2	0.8
Other EU 25	2.6	1.8	1.2	1.3	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.9	2.4	1.9	1.8
Rest of the world	6.2	5.4	3.2	6.0	5.7	3.7	8.8	11.3	8.1	10.6	13.6	9.5	14.1	23.3	23.7
Type of living area
Large cities	55.4	55.9	56.5	51.7	49.4	47.8	41.3	37.1	33.3	35.8	33.6	28.9	40.0	39.4	38.9
Medium-sized cities	30.8	29.4	29.7	32.4	31.9	33.6	36.6	36.4	38.0	39.5	35.0	37.1	36.7	36.5	35.5
Small cities	13.8	14.7	13.8	16.0	18.8	18.6	22.1	26.6	28.7	24.7	31.3	34.0	23.3	24.1	25.6
Family situation
Married or cohabiting	9.1	34.1	39.0	5.6	25.2	30.0	3.6	16.9	18.2	5.0	15.7	16.4	3.0	19.2	23.8
Single	90.9	65.9	61.0	94.4	74.8	70.0	96.4	83.1	81.8	95.0	84.3	83.6	97.0	80.8	76.2

All characteristics are obtained from LISA 2004. Occupation was obtained from LISA 2004, and if not available, from 2005

B0 No childbirth; B1 one childbirth; B1+ two or more childbirths