Table 1

Mean population characteristics in area income quintile 1, 3 and 5 and for the whole dataset 2005–2007 (observations=4 648 974)

				Total Stockholm (%)
	Quintile 1 (%)	Quintile 3 (%)	Quintile 5 (%)		Missing
Age	100	100	100	100	0.00
18–29	21.75	18.19	19.53	19.46
30–39	18.68	20.73	22.31	20.51
40–49	18.18	19.17	16.54	18.31
50–59	15.64	15.62	14.75	15.48
60–69	12.71	13.64	12.71	12.92
70–79	7.66	7.17	6.83	7.21
80–89	4.53	4.55	5.65	4.97
90-w	0.85	0.94	1.67	1.14
Sex	100	100	100	100	<0.00
Men	49.71	48.87	47.70	48.65
Women	50.29	51.13	52.30	51.35
Marital status	100	100	100	100	<0.00
Married	42.92	41.34	36.36	39.79
Unmarried	37.56	40.57	46.50	41.84
Divorced	14.04	12.95	11.59	12.97
Widow/er	5.47	5.14	5.55	5.39
Country of birth	100	100	100	100	0.04
Sweden	61.63	80.63	84.51	77.02
Outside Sweden	38.37	19.37	15.49	22.98
Educational level	100	100	100	100	6.7
Compulsory school	26.95	18.78	10.25	18.24
Upper secondary school	45.65	46.97	33.09	42.09
Higher education	27.40	34.25	56.67	39.68
Individual income (quintiles)	100	100	100	100	1.77
1	29.53	16.76	16.20	19.97
2	22.88	20.01	14.14	19.13
3	19.40	21.73	15.40	19.22
4	16.61	22.06	20.71	20.26
5	11.59	19.44	33.55	21.42
Gainful employment (under 65)	100	100	100	100	1.08
Yes	66.87	78.31	77.86	75.03
No	33.13	21.69	22.14	24.97
Sickness benefit (under 65)	100	100	100	100	1.07
Yes	11.29	11.59	8.16	10.40
No	88.71	88.41	91.84	89.60
Social assistance	100	100	100	100	1.77
Yes	8.25	3.26	1.74	4.18
No	91.75	96.74	98.26	95.82