Table 3.
Distribution of the adult population 18 years and older permanently residing in Sweden, as registered on 31 December 2020, included in the COvid-19 VACcination register SAFEty study in Sweden (CoVacSafe-SE), by marital status*, country of birth**, highest attained education level*** and by age groups for men.
| Total, N | Men |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–34 | 35–49 | 50–64 | 65–74 | 75–84 | 85+ | ||
| 1,160,394 | 1,004,884 | 960,286 | 536,799 | 378,698 | 114,772 | 4,155,833 | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Marital status * | |||||||
| Married | 77,061 (6.64) | 441,186 (43.90) | 497,036 (51.76) | 318,498 (59.33) | 243,307 (64.25) | 65,925 (57.44) | 1,643,013 (39.5) |
| Unmarried | 1,075,698 (92.70) | 488,754 (48.64) | 301,717 (31.42) | 105,449 (19.64) | 40,480 (10.69) | 7,259 (6.32) | 2,019,357 (48.6) |
| Divorced | 7,561 (0.65) | 73,786 (7.34) | 155,709 (16.21) | 97,849 (18.23) | 62,698 (16.56) | 13,123 (11.43) | 410,726 (9.88) |
| Widowed | 74 (0.01) | 1,158 (0.12) | 5,824 (0.61) | 15,003 (2.79) | 32,213 (8.51) | 28,465 (24.80) | 82,737 (31.99) |
| Country of birth ** | |||||||
| Sweden, both parents Sweden born | 695,635 (59.95) | 597,907 (59.50) | 666,326 (69.39) | 421,841 (78.58) | 323,973 (85.55) | 101,184 (88.16) | 2,806,866 (67.54) |
| 2nd generation, one parent Sweden born | 94,744 (8.16) | 66,506 (6.62) | 66,858 (6.96) | 26,329 (4.90) | 8,089 (2.14) | 970 (0.85) | 263,496 (6.34) |
| 2nd generation, both parents born outside Sweden | 84,665 (7.30) | 36,992 (3.68) | 28,343 (2.95) | 8,096 (1.51) | 1,765 (0.47) | 300 (0.26) | 160,161 (3.85) |
| 1st generation, born in Europe | 85,770 (7.39) | 120,045 (11.95) | 97,569 (10.16) | 50,313 (9.37) | 35,455 (9.36) | 10,169 (8.86) | 399,321 (9.61) |
| 1st generation, born outside Europe | 199,580 (17.20) | 183,434 (18.25) | 101,190 (10.54) | 30,220 (5.63) | 9,416 (2.49) | 2,149 (1.87) | 525,989 (12.66) |
| Highest attained education level *** | Total N = 2,995,439 | ||||||
| Missing | NA | 55,695 (5.54) | 18,169 (1.89) | 6,100 (1.14) | 5,184 (1.37) | 1,949 (1.70) | 87,097 (2.91) |
| Compulsory, up to 9 years of schooling | NA | 113,218 (11.27) | 133,238 (13.87) | 129,547 (24.13) | 125,879 (33.24) | 49,794 (43.39) | 551,676 (18.42) |
| Secondary education (vocational), 11 years | NA | 131,255 (13.06) | 365,401 (38.05) | 157,383 (29.32) | 84,919 (22.42) | 21,746 (18.95) | 760,704 (25.40) |
| Secondary education (academic), 12 years | NA | 291,048 (28.96) | 119,111 (12.40) | 78,258 (14.58) | 66,580 (17.58) | 17,661 (15.39) | 572,658 (19.12) |
| University education less than 3 years | NA | 141,627 (14.09) | 148,742 (15.49) | 72,161 (13.44) | 35,634 (9.41) | 8,763 (7.64) | 406,927 (13.58) |
| University education 3 years or longer | NA | 272,041 (27.07) | 175,625 (18.29) | 93,350 (17.39) | 60,502 (15.98) | 14,859 (12.95) | 616,377 (20.58) |
*
Information on those cohabitating without being legally married is not included.
**
Categories briefly described, please see methods section for exact definition.
***
Information on education level in 2018 and is only presented for those 35 years or older in 2021. Total N = 2,995,439.