Table 1

Characteristics of the study sample in terms of demographic characteristics and workload from paid and unpaid work in 2008 (wave 2, SLOSH data)

AllWomenMen
Age (%)
 Early adulthood (19–34)8.910.27.06
 Middle life (35–49)30.632.128.69
 Mature adulthood (50–70)60.551.364.25
Sex (% females)58.0
Civil status (% married or cohabiting)79.778.481.56
Children at home (%)40.941.939.6
SEI (%)
 Unskilled manual workers14.814.115.8
 Skilled manual workers14.412.417.1
 Assistant non-manual employees12.616.57.1
 Intermediate non-manual employees31.534.027.9
 Higher non-manual employees20.519.122.8
 Self-employed6.23.89.5
Full-time work (%)77.467.690.7
Work schedule (%)
 Day time78.076.580.1
 Night work6.23.11.9
 Shift work excl. nights15.84.323.13
Paid working hours per week (%)
 <3725.232.216.1
 37–395.36.43.9
 40–4950.446.855.3
 50–5912.19.715.2
 60+6.94.99.5
Unpaid working hours per week (%)
 <819.110.730.2
 8–1426.924.530.1
 15–2122.426.617.1
 22–2813.416.39.6
 29+18.121.913.1
Total working hours per week (%)
 <4212.612.812.1
 42–5734.231.337.9
 58–6724.924.422.9
 68–8018.619.317.6
 >809.79.99.5
  • SEI, Swedish socio-economic classification; SLOSH, Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health.