Table 1

Socioeconomic characteristics of 89 829 women in the Danish National Birth Cohort according to age, Denmark, 1996–2002

	n	%	Age (years)
			<25	25–29	30–34	35–39	40+
			%	%	%	%	%
Educational level
BA or more (>12 years)	12 378	13.8	4.94	13.5	16.9	16.3	16.5
Higher education (less than BA degree)	26 627	29.6	13.8	31.8	31.9	34.1	36.7
Upper secondary education and vocational training	39 221	43.7	52.4	44.1	41.8	37.7	20.1
Compulsory school (<10 years)	10 753	11.9	27.9	9.7	8.4	10.9	13.9
Unknown	850	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	2.8
n	89 829	100	12 449	37 114	29 864	9420	982
Income quintile
>80%	17 728	19.7	2.2	13.5	29.3	35.5	38.6
60%–80%	17 725	19.7	8.9	19.8	23.4	22.4	19.5
40%–60%	17 723	19.7	16.5	21.2	19.9	17.8	18.7
20%–40%	17 724	19.7	28.3	22.5	15.2	12.8	10.8
<20%	17 772	19.7	42.9	21.9	10.8	9.9	9.7
Unknown	1207	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.7	2.8
n	89 829	100	12 449	37 114	29 864	9420	982
Labour market attachment
Employed	74 738	83.2	68.7	82.5	88.6	88.0	85.0
Student	6584	7.3	16.0	9.2	3.2	2.1	1.1
Unemployed (>50% of the year)	2766	3.1	2.2	3,0	3.3	3.8	5.0
Disability pension	238	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.7
Unknown	5503	6.1	13.4	5.2	4.6	5.5	7.1
n	89 829	100	12 449	37 114	29 864	9420	982