Baseline characteristics of the study sample by marital status
| Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Married (n=762 962) | Single (n=150 974) | Divorced (n=167 763) | Widowed (n=38 674) | Married (n=721 792) | Single (n=96 115) | Divorced (n=197 482) | Widowed (n=152 727) |
| Mean (SD) age, years | 60.5 (7.3) | 58.7 (7.2) | 59.1 (6.7) | 66.0 (6.7) | 60.2 (7.2) | 59.0 (7.4) | 59.3 (6.9) | 66.5 (6.4) |
| Education level, years | ||||||||
| ≤9 | 41.3% | 56.5% | 42.7% | 53.8% | 43.7% | 39.3% | 37.7% | 59.5% |
| 10–12 | 39.7% | 32.6% | 41.9% | 34.2% | 38.0% | 37.1% | 43.2% | 30.9% |
| ≥13 | 19.0% | 10.9% | 15.4% | 12.0% | 18.4% | 23.6% | 19.1% | 9.6% |
| Mean taxable income, SEK | 6.62 | 5.77 | 6.01 | 6.62 | 6.02 | 5.94 | 6.00 | 6.21 |
| Having children | 91.1% | 28.3% | 89.8% | 84.8% | 91.2% | 41.1% | 91.3% | 87.8% |
| Prior cardiovascular disease | 9.8% | 7.8% | 10.0% | 15.7% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.8% | 7.7% |
Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise.
SEK, Swedish Krona.