Table 3 Descriptive Characteristics of the Study Population by Country of Birth (%) and Prevalence of Outcomes (%): SALLS, 1994–2001, Age 25–84
| Â | Â | Country of birth | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Level | Sweden | Eastern Europe | The former Soviet Union | |
| Â | Â | Â | Poland | Other | Â |
Sample size | N | 35,459 | 161 | 164 | 60 |
Age, mean | Years | 50.4 | 47.0 | 48.8 | 50.3 |
Sex | Female | 51.1 | 68.9 | 52.4 | 58.3 |
| Â | Male | 48.9 | 31.1 | 47.6 | 41.7 |
Marital status | Married/Cohabiting | 70.8 | 72.7 | 70.7 | 65.0 |
| Â | Single | 29.2 | 27.3 | 29.3 | 35.0 |
Social network | Good | 81.4 | 78.9 | 78.1 | 65.0 |
| Â | Poor | 18.5 | 21.1 | 21.9 | 35.0 |
Occupation status | White-collar worker | 32.4 | 40.4 | 34.2 | 40.0 |
| Â | Lower white-collar worker | 14.4 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 10.0 |
| Â | Self-employed worker | 10.4 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 5.0 |
| Â | Student | 2.8 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.3 |
| Â | Blue-collar worker | 40.0 | 39.7 | 40.2 | 36.7 |
Housing tenure | Ownership | 71.0 | 51.6 | 51.2 | 48.3 |
| Â | Renting | 29.0 | 48.4 | 48.8 | 51.7 |
Smoking | No | 80.2 | 70.2 | 77.4 | 76.7 |
| Â | Yes | 19.8 | 29.8 | 22.6 | 23.3 |
Language at home | Swedish | - | 60.9 | 57.9 | 60.0 |
| Â | Other | - | 39.1 | 42.1 | 40.0 |
Years in Sweden | > 20 | - | 53.4 | 59.8 | 48.3 |
|  | 11–19 | - | 32.3 | 21.3 | 15.0 |
|  | 6–10 | - | 11.2 | 15.2 | 20.0 |
|  | 1–5 |  | 3.1 | 3.7 | 16.7 |
Year of immigration to Sweden | 1945–49 | - | 4.4 | 5.5 | 26.7 |
|  | 1950–59 | - | 6.8 | 22.0 | 8.3 |
|  | 1960–69 | - | 15.5 | 20.1 | 6.7 |
|  | 1970–79 | - | 34.2 | 14.6 | 10.0 |
|  | 1980–89 | - | 32.3 | 28.7 | 15.0 |
|  | 1990–99 | - | 6.8 | 9.1 | 33.3 |
Self-reported psychiatric illness | Prevalence (binomial confidence interval) | 17.8 | 34.8 | 32.9 | 21.7 |
|  |  | (17.4–18.2) | (27.5–42.7) | (25.8–40.7) | (12.1–34.2) |
Psychosomatic complaints | Prevalence (binomial confidence interval) | 42.0 (41.5–42.5) | 64.6 (56.7–72.0) | 51.8 (43.9–59.7) | 46.7 (33.7–60.0) |