Table 1

Demographic distribution and participation rates across groups between participants and invited non-participants in the three cohorts included in the Health Assets Project

Random population cohortRecent sick-listed employee cohortRecent sick-listed non-employee cohort
ParticipantsInvited non-participantsParticipation rateDifference*ParticipantsInvited non-participantsParticipation rateDifference*ParticipantsInvited non-participantsParticipation rateDifference*
n (%)n (%)Per centn (%)n (%)Per centn (%)n (%)Per cent
Total4027395750.43310283053.949849250.3
Genderχ2=143.9χ2=81.9χ2=9.5
 Women2234 (55.5)1664 (42.1)57.3df=12196 (66.3)1558 (55.1)58.5df=1325 (65.3)274 (55.7)54.3df=1
 Men1793 (44.5)2293 (57.9)43.9p<0.0011114 (33.7)1272 (44.9)46.7p<0.001173 (34.7)218 (44.3)44.2p=0.002
Age group, yearsχ2=129.8χ2=121.4χ2=2.4
 19–30830 (20.6)1175 (29.7)41.4df=2380 (11.5)516 (18.2)42.4df=2114 (22.9)116 (23.6)49.6df=2
 31–501803 (44.8)1799 (45.5)50.1p<0.0011479 (44.7)1428 (50.5)50.9p<0.001257 (51.6)271 (55.1)48.7p=0.295
 51–641394 (34.6)983 (24.8)58.61451 (43.8)886 (31.3)62.1127 (25.5)105 (21.3)54.7
Country of birthχ2=138.4χ2=6.1χ2=6.6
 Nordic3642 (90.4)3216 (81.3)53.1df=12985 (90.2)2497 (88.2)54.5df=1444 (89.2)411 (83.5)51.9df=1
 Others385 (9.6)741 (18.7)34.2p<0.001325 (9.8)333 (11.8)49.4p=0.01454 (10.8)81 (16.5)40.0p=0.010
Marital statusχ2=175.2χ2=66.0χ2=2.1
 Married1877 (46.6)1414 (35.7)57.0df=11705 (51.5)1164 (41.1)59.4df=1220 (44.4)240 (48.8)47.8df=1
 Not married2150 (53.4)2543 (64.3)45.8p<0.0011605 (48.5)1666 (58.9)49.1p<0.001278 (55.8)252 (51.2)52.5p=0.146
Income (SEK)χ2=179.7,χ2=37.1χ2=3.4
 ≤149 000987 (24.5)1496 (37.8)39.8df=2329 (9.9)405 (14.3)44.8df=2178 (35.7)204 (41.5)46.6df=2
 150 000–299 0001920 (47.7)1678 (42.4)53.4p<0.0012219 (67.0)1892 (66.9)54.0p<0.001254 (51.0)229 (46.5)52.6p=0.181
 ≥300 0001120 (27.8)783 (19.8)58.9762 (23.0)533 (18.8)58.866 (13.3)59 (12.0)52.8
  • *Differences examined using Chi-square tests for group-level data.

  • SEK, Swedish Krona.