Table 3.

Participant characteristics (N = 15).

Characteristic	Total (N = 15)
Sex
Men	9
Women	6
Key actors
Public housing company C6, C7, C7	3
Municipal building administration B3, B4	2
National senior citizens’ organization	1
Municipal health care administration B4, C6	2
Private service provider within the assistive device sector	1
Private architecture and engineering consultancy	1
National public authority (National Board of Health and Welfare)	1
Business developer	1
Researchers
Lund University employee (authors O.J., M.H. & J.F.)	3

Classification of the municipalities in three main groups (A, B, C) and a total of nine possible subgroups (1–9) on the basis of structural parameters such as population and commuting patterns [30]. ^B3 Medium-sized towns: Municipalities with a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants with at least 40,000 inhabitants in the largest urban area. ^B4 Commuting municipalities near medium-sized towns: Municipalities where more than 40% of the working population commute to work in a medium-sized town. ^C6 Small town: Municipalities with a population of at least 15,000 inhabitants in the largest urban area. ^C7 Commuting municipalities near small towns: Municipalities where more than 30% of the working population commute to work in a small town/urban area or more than 30% of the employed day population lives in another municipality.