Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the 14 231 women included in the main analysis, stratified by offspring's education level

	Mothers of children with >14 years of education				Mothers of children with 12–14 years of education				Mothers of children with <12 years of education
	n	Per cent	Number of deaths	Person-years	n	Per cent	Number of deaths	Person-years	n	Per cent	Number of deaths	Person-years
	5030		1286	36 746	5284		1542	38 122	3917		1464	27 367
Offspring's disposable income tertile
Highest	2142	43	554	16 017	1586	30	487	11 406	907	23	371	6314
Middle	1616	32	426	11 748	1809	34	529	13 122	1374	35	505	9553
Lowest	1272	25	306	8982	1889	36	526	13 594	1636	42	588	11 501
Mothers’ education level
Tertiary (>12 years)	1761	35	374	13 029	781	15	194	5733	221	6	58	1619
Secondary (10–12 years)	1779	35	453	13 029	2073	39	547	15 028	1275	33	421	9074
Primary (<10 years)	1490	30	459	10 688	2430	46	801	17 360	2421	62	985	16 674
Mothers’ disposable income tertile
Highest	2178	43	484	16 100	1528	29	322	11 252	733	19	199	5217
Middle	1464	29	389	10 686	1738	33	517	12 620	1305	33	487	9143
Lowest	1388	28	413	9961	2018	38	703	14 250	1879	48	778	13 007
Partners’ education level
Tertiary (>12 years)	1075	21	208	8077	478	9	113	3495	140	4	44	968
Secondary (10–12 years)	1119	22	259	8206	1153	22	262	8516	577	15	156	4272
Primary (<10 years)	816	16	231	5969	1328	25	385	9755	1169	30	395	8464
Missing	2020	40	588	14 495	2325	44	782	16 356	2031	52	869	13 663
Year of diagnosis
2001	424	8	161	3404	488	9	161	4034	390	10	173	2928
2002	401	8	142	3328	481	9	163	3930	414	11	176	3207
2003	422	8	131	3541	467	9	162	3841	421	11	178	3284
2004	423	8	125	3576	551	10	203	4403	398	10	174	3048
2005	464	9	161	3824	506	10	180	4102	411	10	172	3160
2006	457	9	125	3755	497	9	162	3876	395	10	166	2910
2007	525	10	109	4059	519	10	152	3753	378	10	148	2565
2008	601	12	125	4039	540	10	126	3557	361	9	93	2362
2009	637	13	104	3793	553	10	110	3222	362	9	91	2052
2010	676	13	103	3427	682	13	123	3404	387	10	93	1851
Country of birth
Sweden	4537	90	1162	33 180	4730	90	1379	34 149	3517	90	1309	24 516
Nordic countries	250	5	57	1809	348	7	107	2476	264	7	98	1897
Europe	174	3	46	1294	154	3	43	1110	89	2	40	624
Outside Europe	69	1	21	463	52	1	13	387	47	1	17	330
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	3075	61	715	22 729	3030	57	794	22 268	1929	49	612	14 048
Single	867	17	226	6063	1012	19	308	7059	911	23	356	6154
Widowed	1088	22	345	7954	1242	24	440	8794	1077	27	496	7165
Number of children
1	872	17	239	6303	1183	22	355	8559	1454	37	575	10 115
2	2410	48	597	17 634	2443	46	689	17 573	1565	40	552	10 946
3+	1748	35	450	12 809	1658	31	498	11 990	898	23	337	6307
Sex of child
Males	2309	46	595	16 924	2442	46	699	17 627	2064	53	774	14 271
Females	2721	54	691	19 823	2842	54	843	20 495	1853	47	690	13 097
Proximity of residence between mother and child
<50 km	2854	57	723	20 646	3862	73	1130	27 844	3218	82	1181	22 607
50–150 km	854	17	212	6387	626	12	183	4511	353	9	143	2436
>150 km	1322	26	351	9713	796	15	229	5766	346	9	140	2324