Population characteristics and subsequent unemployment in 1990 and 2001
| 1990 | 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed N (%) *Mean (SD) | Unemployed N (%) *Mean (SD) | Disability pension N (%) *Mean (SD) | Employed N (%) *Mean (SD) | Unemployed N (%) *Mean (SD) | Disability pension N (%) *Mean (SD) | |
| Parental SEI 1960 | ||||||
| Manual workers | 91 878 (41.5) | 5274 (40.2) | 1380 (46.9) | 82 938 (41.2) | 7413 (43.6) | 5049 (47.3) |
| Agricultural workers | 8592 (3.9) | 471 (3.6) | 120 (4.1) | 7693 (3.8) | 743 (4.4) | 507 (4.7) |
| Farm owners/managers | 22 510 (10.2) | 948 (7.2) | 206 (7.0) | 20 931 (10.4) | 1373 (8.1) | 770 (7.2) |
| Office workers | 61 748 (27.9) | 3774 (28.7) | 684 (23.2) | 56 698 (28.1) | 4199 (24.7) | 2389 (22.4) |
| Business owners/managers | 23 701 (10.7) | 1569 (12.0) | 263 (8.9) | 21 690 (10.8) | 1893 (11.1) | 982 (9.2) |
| Others/unknown | 13 105 (5.9) | 1093 (8.3) | 291 (9.9) | 11 557 (5.7) | 1362 (8.0) | 986 (9.2) |
| Household crowding, 1960 | ||||||
| ≤2 people/room | 173 804 (78.5) | 9883 (75.3) | 2085 (70.8) | 159 131 (79.0) | 12 412 (73.1) | 7538 (70.6) |
| >2 people/room | 47 730 (21.5) | 3246 (24.7) | 859 (29.2) | 42 376 (21.0) | 4562 (26.9) | 3145 (29.4) |
| BMI categories (kg/m2) | ||||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 25 476 (11.5) | 1664 (12.7) | 481 (16.3) | 22 999 (11.4) | 2106 (12.4) | 1525 (14.3) |
| Normal weight (18.5, <25) | 179 381 (81.0) | 10 456 (79.6) | 2234 (75.9) | 163 723 (81.2) | 13 451 (79.2) | 8142 (76.2) |
| Overweight (25.0, <30) | 14 536 (6.6) | 833 (6.3) | 183 (6.2) | 12 955 (6.4) | 1191 (7.0) | 837 (7.8) |
| Obese (≥30.0) | 2141 (1.0) | 176 (1.3) | 46 (1.6) | 1839 (0.9) | 235 (1.4) | 179 (1.7) |
| Summary disease score | ||||||
| Very significant problem (0) | 10 560 (4.8) | 1613 (12.3) | 897 (30.5) | 8212 (4.1) | 1920 (11.3) | 2159 (20.2) |
| Significant problem (2–3) | 6468 (2.9) | 586 (4.5) | 249 (8.5) | 5481 (2.7) | 782 (4.6) | 698 (6.5) |
| Fairly significant (4–5) | 16 671 (7.5) | 1061 (8.1) | 246 (8.4) | 14 782 (7.3) | 1548 (9.1) | 1032 (9.7) |
| No serious problem (6–8) | 88 816 (40.1) | 4832 (36.8) | 830 (28.2) | 81 106 (40.2) | 6472 (38.1) | 3774 (35.3) |
| No diagnosis (9) | 98 997 (44.7) | 5037 (38.4) | 722 (24.5) | 91 909 (45.6) | 6260 (36.9) | 3018 (28.3) |
| Ill-defined problem (1) | 22 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.0) |
| Stress resilience | ||||||
| Low (1–3) | 45 221 (20.4) | 4407 (33.6) | 1750 (59.4) | 38 222 (19.0) | 5927 (34.9) | 5108 (47.8) |
| Moderate (4–6) | 122 546 (55.3) | 6092 (46.4) | 1005 (34.1) | 112 943 (56.0) | 8227 (48.4) | 4494 (42.1) |
| High (7–9) | 53 767 (24.3) | 2630 (20.0) | 189 (6.4) | 50 342 (25.0) | 2829 (16.7) | 1081 (10.1) |
| Education | ||||||
| Compulsory | 54 698 (24.7) | 3634 (27.7) | 1345 (45.7) | 48 367 (24.0) | 5254 (30.9) | 4089 (38.3) |
| ≤3 years postcompulsory | 103 251 (46.6) | 6595 (50.2) | 1388 (47.1) | 93 225 (46.3) | 9019 (53.1) | 5577 (52.2) |
| >3 years postcompulsory | 63 585 (28.7) | 2900 (22.1) | 211 (7.2) | 59 915 (29.7) | 2710 (16.0) | 1017 (9.5) |
| Height* | 178.7 (6.4) | 178.4 (6.5) | 177.7 (6.7) | 178.8 (6.4) | 178.1 (6.5) | 177.8 (6.6) |
| Physical working capacity* | 6.3 (1.8) | 6.0 (1.8) | 5.6 (1.8) | 6.4 (1.8) | 6.0 (1.8) | 5.8 (1.8) |
| Systolic blood pressure* | 127.7 (11.1) | 127.0 (11.1) | 128.1 (11.3) | 127.7 (11.1) | 127.3 (11.0) | 127.8 (11.4) |
| Diastolic blood pressure* | 71.6 (8.6) | 71.7 (8.6) | 73.0 (9.0) | 71.6 (8.6) | 71.8 (8.8) | 72.3 (8.8) |
| Cognitive function* | 5.2 (2.0) | 5.0 (2.0) | 3.82 (2.1) | 5.3 (1.9) | 4.7 (2.0) | 4.1 (2.0) |
| Total (row percentages) | 221 534 (93.2) | 13 129 (5.5) | 2944 (1.2) | 201 507 (87.9) | 16 983 (7.4) | 10 683 (4.7) |
*Mean values (with standard deviation) are presented for these measures.
BMI, body mass index; SEI, socioeconomic index.