Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study population, stratified by women and men.
| Women (n = 48044) |
Men (n = 50590) |
pa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = | % | n = | % | |||
| Region of origin | ||||||
| Sweden | 36794 | 76.6 | 38749 | 76.6 | 0.53 | |
| Second generation | 6348 | 13.2 | 6717 | 13.3 | ||
| European countries | 1822 | 3.8 | 1975 | 3.9 | ||
| Non-European countries | 3080 | 6.4 | 3149 | 6.2 | ||
| Labour market position, mean (S.E.) | ||||||
| Employed | 9.7 | (0.02) | 11.9 | (0.02) | 0.91 | |
| Unemployed | 0.9 | (0.01) | 1.0 | (0.01) | ||
| Student | 4.0 | (0.02) | 2.9 | (0.01) | ||
| Parental leave | 1.4 | (0.01) | 0.1 | (<0.01) | ||
| Sick-leave | 0.3 | (0.01) | 0.2 | (<0.01) | ||
| NEETa | 1.3 | (0.01) | 1.4 | (0.01) | ||
| Early-life course factors | ||||||
| Parental socioeconomic position | ||||||
| High | 12776 | 26.6 | 13573 | 26.8 | 0.85 | |
| Medium | 22021 | 45.8 | 23079 | 45.6 | ||
| Low | 11534 | 24.0 | 12145 | 24.0 | ||
| Unknown | 1713 | 3.6 | 1793 | 3.5 | ||
| Parental marital status | ||||||
| Married | 32656 | 68.0 | 34692 | 68.6 | 0.04 | |
| Single/Other | 15388 | 32.0 | 15898 | 31.4 | ||
| Parental mental ill health | ||||||
| No | 43483 | 90.5 | 45806 | 90.5 | 0.85 | |
| Yes | 4561 | 9.5 | 4784 | 9.5 | ||
| Previous mental ill health | ||||||
| No | 46434 | 96.6 | 49259 | 97.4 | <0.01 | |
| Yes | 1610 | 3.4 | 1331 | 2.6 | ||
| Mid-life mental ill health | ||||||
| No | 46604 | 97.0 | 49284 | 97.4 | <0.01 | |
| Yes | 1440 | 3.0 | 1306 | 2.6 | ||
aDenotes a p-value between women and men.
bNot having an income from education, employment or training (NEET).