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Table 1 Crude distribution (%) of economic stress in childhood and condescending treatment in childhood by sex, educational level, country of birth, employment, current condescending treatment, current economic stress, social support, burdensome domestic work, daily smoking, risk consumption of alcohol and physical activity, 25–84 years

From: Economic stress and condescending treatment in childhood and adult self-rated health: results from a population study in Sweden

  

Economic stress in childhood

Condescending treatment in childhood

 

N

Entire childhood

Major part

Minor part

No

p-value*

Yes, often

Yes, sometimes

No

p-value*

Total

26,706

6.8

11.8

20.0

61.4

 

7.7

31.1

61.2

 

Sex

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Men

12,221

6.2

11.5

21.1

61.3

 

6.1

30.4

63.5

 

 Women

14,485

7.4

12.0

19.1

61.4

 

9.1

31.6

59.3

 

Educational level

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Compulsory

5617

9.8

14.7

19.6

55.9

 

7.2

27.2

65.6

 

 Secondary

11,863

6.9

11.9

20.2

61.0

 

8.4

31.7

60.0

 

 Post-secondary

9097

4.8

9.9

19.9

65.4

 

7.1

32.7

60.2

 

Country of birth

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Sweden

23,078

5.6

10.9

19.1

64.4

 

7.5

30.9

61.7

 

 Other Nordic country

1593

14.5

18.0

23.7

43.9

 

10.5

33.1

56.4

 

 Outside Nordic countries

2035

14.4

17.6

27.1

40.9

 

8.3

32.0

59.7

 

Employment

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Employed

12,271

5.0

10.5

20.2

64.3

 

8.0

34.1

58.0

 

 Self-employed

1668

5.0

10.6

18.7

65.7

 

6.8

30.9

62.3

 

 Student

500

9.4

12.6

24.6

53.4

 

14.1

37.2

48.7

 

 Unemployed

722

11.9

13.0

22.6

52.5

 

17.5

36.6

45.9

 

 On sickness leave

621

7.6

14.2

21.3

57.0

 

13.8

32.5

53.6

 

 On disability pension

813

14.3

16.4

20.5

48.8

 

23.2

34.1

42.7

 

 Retired

8667

7.9

12.7

19.8

59.6

 

4.4

25.7

69.8

 

Condescently treated during the last 3 months

   

<.001

   

<.001

 Yes, several times

883

15.2

16.5

20.7

47.6

 

34.7

36.5

28.8

 

 Yes, occasionally

6246

8.6

14.3

22.2

54.9

 

14.0

43.9

42.1

 

 No

19,497

5.9

10.8

19.2

64.1

 

4.4

26.7

68.8

 

Economic stress past 12 months

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Yes, several times

1888

16.8

20.4

22.1

40.7

 

23.1

38.6

38.4

 

 Yes, once

1317

10.7

14.6

24.4

50.3

 

12.8

38.0

49.2

 

 No

23,330

5.8

10.9

19.6

63.7

 

6.2

30.1

63.8

 

Social support

     

<.001

   

<.001

 No, never

459

18.5

13.3

20.3

47.9

 

20.8

31.3

47.9

 

 No, mostly not

912

14.1

19.5

24.1

42.2

 

18.4

38.8

42.8

 

 Yes, mostly

7095

8.1

15.0

23.1

53.7

 

9.9

36.9

53.2

 

 Yes, always

18,004

5.6

10.2

18.6

65.6

 

6.0

28.5

65.5

 

Burdensome domestic work

     

<.001

   

<.001

 All or most of the time

1857

14.5

16.3

19.1

50.1

 

21.6

34.1

44.3

 

 Never/seldom/sometimes

24,508

6.2

11.5

20.1

62.2

 

6.7

30.9

62.4

 

Daily smoker

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Yes

3146

9.8

14.8

21.2

54.2

 

11.8

31.5

56.6

 

 No

23,346

6.4

11.4

19.8

62.4

 

7.2

31.0

61.8

 

Risk consumption of alcohol

     

.002

   

<.001

 Yes

1166

8.2

14.2

21.0

56.6

 

13.0

34.6

52.5

 

 No

24,465

6.7

11.6

20.0

61.7

 

7.5

31.0

61.5

 

Physical activity

     

<.001

   

<.001

 Sedentary

3335

11.0

14.5

19.2

55.3

 

10.7

30.8

58.5

 

 Moderate

12,655

6.5

11.9

20.2

61.5

 

7.2

30.6

62.2

 

 Moderate regular

5906

5.8

11.2

20.4

62.7

 

6.9

32.0

61.1

 

 Regular exercise

4438

5.8

10.2

19.3

64.7

 

7.6

31.7

60.7

 
  1. *p-value based on chi-squared test