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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population: Swedish, Mixed, European (Euro) and Non-European (Non Euro)

From: ADHD medication in offspring of immigrants — does the income level of the country of parental origin matter?

 

Sweden

Mixed

Euro

High

Euro

Middle

Non Euro

High

Non Euro

Mid

Non Euro

Low

Total

N

1,058,422

161,924

18,961

30,364

6,996

63,768

44,962

1,385,397

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

Gender

 Boy

51.5

51.3

51.4

51.7

51.4

50.9

51.4

51.4

 Girl

48.5

48.7

48.6

48.3

48.6

49.1

48.6

48.6

Age

 15–18

32.0

28.1

28.7

30.1

31.2

26.3

26.4

31.0

 9–14

32.8

31.8

26.9

31.0

32.0

30.7

29.6

32.4

 4–8

35.2

40.2

44.4

38.9

36.8

43.0

44.0

36.6

Household Income Quintiles

 Lowest

9.7

19.2

29.5

32.5

34.9

54.2

50.7

29.4

  2nd

19.2

20.7

21.3

27.5

23.1

22.4

24.0

17.0

  3rd

22.0

18.0

15.2

18.6

14.7

9.7

10.9

11.9

  4th

23.2

19.0

15.6

13.1

12.8

7.2

7.5

13.3

 Highest

25.9

23.2

18.4

8.3

14.6

6.5

7.0

28.4

Single parent

 

11.3

18.8

19.7

15.7

29.5

14.6

26.7

13.2

Years spent in Sweden by parent (mean)

 

23.6

19.1

17.2

22.5

17.0

16.7

19.5

ADHD Diagnosis

 

2.1

2.1

1.6

0.5

2.1

1.1

1.0

2.0

ADHD Medication

 

2.8

2.9

2.1

0.7

3.0

1.4

1.1

2.6