Table 2.

Characteristics of the study sample

Characteristic	Scotland N = 1004 (%)	Sweden N = 974 (%)
Gender
Male	421 (41.9%)	499 (51.2%)
Female	583 (58.1%)	475 (48.8%)
Age
18–34 years	275 (27.4%)	354 (36.3%)
35–54 years	358 (35.7%)	411 (42.2%)
55+ years	371 (37.0%)	209 (21.5%)
Employmenta
Working part or full time	557 (55.5%)	627 (64.3%)
Not working	444 (44.2%)	341 (35.0%)

^a missing data: Scotland (n = 3) and Sweden (n = 6)