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. 2023 Jan 27;23:181. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15094-z

Table 1.

Background characteristics of participants with and without impairment

Participants with impairment Participants without impairment
n = 1631 n = 1084
n(%) n(%)
Gender n = 1356 n = 1060
 Women 937(69) 780(74)
 Men 419(31) 280(26)
Age n = 1388 n = 1069
  < 30 years 176(13) 58(5)
 30–44 years 304(22) 156(15)
 45–69 years 773(56) 716(67)
  ≥ 70 years 135(10) 139(13)
Education n = 1339 n = 1040
 Compulsory school 134(10) 74(7)
 Special education school 152(11) 2(0)
 Upper secondary school, Vocational school or Folk high school 567(42) 442(43)
 University 486(36) 522(50)
Occupation n = 1367 n = 1060
 Retired 273(17) 304(28)
 Outside of the labour market (Disability related early retirement, Daily activity centre or Temporary disability allowance) 519(38) 18(2)
 Working 492(30) 745(69)
 Student 136(8) 36(3)
 Not working (Unemployed, Parental-leave or Sick-leave) 132(10) 22(2)
Monthly income n = 1157 n = 866
 < 5000 SEK 53(5) 10(1)
 5000–24 999 SEK 714(62) 228(26)
  ≥ 25 000 SEK 390(34) 628(73)
Professional support in everyday life n = 1381 n = 1063
 Have professional support in everyday life 497(36) 6(1)
  Home based support by municipal care services 112(8) 2(0)
  Personal assistants 90(7) 0(0)
  Supported-Living staff, support persons or similar 214(15) 0(0)
  Trustee 111(8) 0(0)
  Relative 81(6) 4(0)
  Other support 54(4) 4(0)
 No support 884(64) 1057(99)
Accommodation n = 1365 n = 1059
 Supported accommodation 104(8) 1(0)
  Group living 52(4) 1(0)
  Service apartment 43(3) 0(0)
  Other supported accommodation 9(1) 0(0)
 Rental apartment, Condominium or House 1261(92) 1058(100)
  Rental apartment 470(34) 168(16)
  Condominium 285(21) 239(22)
  House 506(37) 651(61)
Access to digital devices n = 1456 n = 1067
 Lack access to computer or portable device 241(17) 93(9)
  No device 29(2) 7(1)
  Only computer at home 75(5) 24(2)
  Only smart phone 78(5) 19(2)
  Only tablet 17(1) 1(0)
  Smart phone and tablet 42(3) 39(4)
 Have access to computer and portable device 1215(83) 974(91)
  Computer and smart phone 418(29) 264(25)
  Computer and tablet 65(4) 25(2)
  Computer, smart phone and tablet 732(51) 688(64)
Number of reported impairments n = 1631 n = 1084
 1 590(36) 0(0)
 2 241(15) 0(0)
 3 168(10) 0(0)
 4 114(7) 0(0)
 5 107(7) 0(0)
 6 92(6) 0(0)
  ≥ 7 319(20) 0(0)