Table 1 Characteristics of participants in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Stockholm Public Health Surveys
2002 survey | 2006 survey | 2010 survey | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% weighted sample | % weighted sample | % weighted sample | ||||
All, n = 23, 771 | Psychiatric service usersa, n = 538 (2.5% of survey n) | All, n = 34,667 | Psychiatric service usersa, n = 920 (2.9% of survey n) | All, n = 30,730 | Psychiatric service usersa, n = 818 (3,2% of survey n) | |
Women | 51.3 | 65.3 | 50.9 | 65.3 | 51.2 | 62.7 |
Age group | ||||||
18–24 years | 12.1 | 15.8 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 21.2 |
25–44 years | 41.4 | 54.2 | 40.0 | 45.4 | 36.9 | 42.6 |
45–64 years | 32.6 | 26.2 | 33.3 | 33.9 | 31.3 | 29.6 |
65+ years | 13.9 | 3.9 | 15.9 | 6.5 | 19.8 | 6.7 |
Born outside Sweden | 23.1 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 26.3 | 24.6 | 21.7 |
Education | ||||||
Compulsory | 20.6 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 28.3 |
Upper secondary | 43.9 | 42.8 | 41.4 | 43.9 | 39.7 | 38.5 |
Higher | 35.5 | 34.4 | 37.7 | 34.2 | 38.5 | 33.2 |
Income | ||||||
Lower quartile | 30.5 | 44.2 | 30.4 | 43.6 | 30.4 | 38.4 |
2nd quartile | 24.3 | 27.5 | 23.7 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 33.2 |
3d quartile | 22.9 | 17.9 | 22.8 | 18.3 | 23.4 | 18.5 |
Highest quartile | 22.3 | 10.4 | 23.1 | 12.00 | 22.0 | 10.0 |
Being gainfully employed | 70.2 | 54.7 | 63.2 | 43.8 | 62.7 | 45.9 |
Mean GHQ-12 Likert score by age group | ||||||
18–24 years | 11.4 | 19.7 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 10.6 | 15.2 |
25–44 years | 11.1 | 17.2 | 10.5 | 16.3 | 10.1 | 16.0 |
45–64 years | 10.4 | 15.3 | 10.0 | 15.3 | 9.9 | 16.2 |
65+ years | 9.5 | 13.0 | 9.4 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 12.7 |