Table 4.
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 women.
| Total N | Women |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–34 | 35–49 | 50–64 | 65–74 | 75–84 | 85+ | ||
| 1,077,372 | 961,769 | 940,198 | 553,489 | 423,165 | 194,152 | 4,150,145 | |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Marital status* | |||||||
| Married | 130,579 (12.12) | 476,087 (49.50) | 487,721 (51.87) | 306,585 (55.39) | 205,480 (48.56) | 42,760 (22.02) | 1,649,212 (39.74) |
| Unmarried | 931,136 (86.43) | 378,800 (39.39) | 240,704 (25.60) | 81,664 (14.75) | 31,730 (7.50) | 9,396 (4.84) | 1,673,430 (40.32) |
| Divorced | 15,257 (1.42) | 102,620 (10.67) | 192,337 (20.46) | 119,844 (21.65) | 85,841 (20.29) | 25,787 (13.28) | 541,686 (13.05) |
| Widowed | 400 (0.04) | 4,262 (0.44) | 19,436 (2.07) | 45,396 (8.20) | 100,114 (23.66) | 116,209 (59.85) | 285,817 (6.89) |
| Country of birth** | |||||||
| Sweden, both parents Sweden born | 657,138 (60.99) | 567,629 (59.02) | 643,349 (68.43) | 427,663 (77.27) | 360,230 (85.13) | 167,450 (86.25) | 2,823,459 (68.03) |
| 2nd generation, one parent Sweden born | 89,926 (8.35) | 63,507 (6.60) | 64,820 (6.89) | 26,288 (4.75) | 8,808 (2.08) | 1,455 (0.75) | 254,804 (6.14) |
| 2nd generation, both parents born outside Sweden | 80,451 (7.47) | 34,521 (3.59) | 27,579 (2.93) | 8,185 (1.48) | 1,932 (0.46) | 458 (0.24) | 153,126 (3.69) |
| 1st generation, born in Europe | 85,541 (7.94) | 108,721 (11.30) | 99,924 (10.63) | 64,815 (11.71) | 42,982 (10.16) | 21,055 (10.84) | 423,038 (10.19) |
| 1st generation, born outside Europe | 164,316 (15.25) | 187,391 (19.48) | 104,526 (11.12) | 26,538 (4.79) | 9,213(2.18) | 3,734 (1.92) | 495,718 (11.94) |
| Highest attained education level*** | Total N = 3,072,773 | ||||||
| Missing | NA | 39,797 (4.14) | 13,198 (1.40) | 5,853 (1.06) | 6,695 (1.58) | 4,275 (2.20) | 69,818 (2.27) |
| Compulsory, up to 9 years of schooling | NA | 81,899 (8.52) | 97,169 (10.33) | 99,624 (18.00) | 127,698 (30.18) | 93,200 (48.00) | 499,590 (16.26) |
| Secondary education (vocational), 11 years | NA | 94,581 (9.83) | 271,944 (28.92) | 191,646 (34.63) | 146,952 (34.73) | 56,208 (28.95) | 761,331 (24.78) |
| Secondary education (academic), 12 years | NA | 216,834 (22.55) | 161,693 (17.20) | 60,776 (10.98) | 28,747 (6.79) | 7,875 (4.06) | 475,925 (15.49) |
| University education less than 3 years | NA | 132,464 (13.77) | 154,797 (16.46) | 86,235 (15.58) | 46,635 (11.02) | 13,448 (6.93) | 433,579 (14.11) |
| University education 3 years or longer | NA | 396,194 (41.19) | 241,397 (25.68) | 109,355 (19.76) | 66,438 (15.70) | 19,146 (9.86) | 832,530 (27.09) |
*
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 = 3,072,773.