Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the Swedish working population over time, every 5 years.

N	1992		1997		2002		2007		2012		2017		1992–2017 Relative Change
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
	2,021,427	1,816,626	1,928,138	1,681,421	2,006,694	1,734,541	2,055,351	1,771,523	2,126,215	1,883,549	2,232,546	1,965,354	12%	8%
Mean age (sd)	33.6 (15.2)	33.5 (15.2)	34.9 (14.3)	35.5 (13.9)	35.9 (14.4)	36.4 (14.1)	35.8 (14.8)	36.3 (14.4)	35.5 (15.3)	36.2 (14.8)	35.5 (15.1)	36.3 (14.7)
Region of birth
Africa	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.6	1	0.7	1.4	1.1	2.3	1.8	475.0	800.0
Asia	1.5	1.1	1.9	1.5	3	2.7	4.1	3.7	5.7	5.2	8.1	7.3	440.0	563.6
Europe and Oceania	2.9	2.7	3.2	2.9	3.9	3.9	4.6	4.6	5.5	5.5	6.7	6.7	131.0	148.1
North America	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	150.0	100.0
South America	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	1	80.0	100.0
Sweden and Nordics	94.5	95.3	93.7	94.6	91.4	92	89.1	89.9	86.1	86.9	81.4	82.8	−13.9	−13.1
Employers size
1	46.6	65.8	50.6	66.5	47.5	62.5	47.2	56.7	50.4	59.3	48.4	56.7	3.9	−13.8
2–9	18.6	31	25.1	36.1	23.6	34.3	26.3	33.8	26.5	34.8	25.9	33.2	39.2	7.1
10–49	8.2	13.9	11.4	17.3	10.8	16	8.9	15.4	9.2	15.8	9.7	14.6	18.3	5.0
50–249	4.6	9.3	6.3	11.6	6.6	11.5	5.5	9.9	5.5	10.1	6.9	11	50.0	18.3
250–	5.9	7.4	5.7	6.5	5.8	6.9	4.3	5.2	5	5.9	6.7	6.7	13.6	−9.5
Sector
Private	79.2	51.1	75	43.8	77.8	47	79.8	48.4	80.7	51.3	80.2	51.1	1.3	0.0
Public	20.8	48.9	25	56.2	22.2	53	20.2	51.6	19.3	48.7	19.8	48.9	−4.8	0.0
Educational level
Primary	28	22.5	23.4	17.9	19.1	13.6	15.8	10.2	13.2	8.2	11.8	7.2	−57.9	−68.0
Secondary	49.1	51.4	50.9	51.2	52.5	51.1	52.7	48.9	52.7	46.5	51.9	43.2	5.7	−16.0
Post-secondary	22.9	26.1	25.7	30.9	28.5	35.3	31.5	40.9	34	45.4	36.4	49.6	59.0	90.0