Characteristics of the Swedish population and respondents
| Subgroup | Population Sweden* | Respondents | Χ2 test | |||
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Total | – | 7 152 054 | – | 914 | – | |
| Gender | Men | 3 633 651 | 51 | 481 | 53 | |
| Women | 3 518 403 | 49 | 433 | 47 | 0.29 | |
| NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Age | 18–29 | 1 562 778 | 22 | 123 | 13 | |
| 30–39 | 1 330 260 | 19 | 137 | 15 | ||
| 40–49 | 1 294 175 | 18 | 157 | 17 | ||
| 50–59 | 1 286 816 | 18 | 150 | 16 | ||
| 60–69 | 1 114 377 | 16 | 193 | 21 | ||
| 70–74 | 563 648 | 8 | 154 | 17 | <0.0001 | |
| NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Education† | Lower | 4 219 613 | 59 | 366 | 40 | |
| Middle | 1 072 193 | 15 | 291 | 32 | ||
| Higher | 1 680 357 | 23 | 252 | 28 | <0.0001 | |
| NA | 179 891 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Country of birth‡ | Sweden | 5 537 132 | 77 | 843 | 92 | |
| Other | 1 614 922 | 23 | 63 | 7 | <0.0001 | |
| NA | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Children§ | Yes | 4 577 315 | 64 | 598 | 65 | |
| No | 2 574 739 | 36 | 311 | 34 | 0.28 | |
| NA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
*Swedish population data on individuals aged 18–74 years in 2018 retrieved from officially available reports by Statistics Sweden.
†Lower—elementary or high school education, middle—post-secondary education <3 years or high—3 years of post-secondary education or more.
‡Self-reported country of birth with response options; Sweden, Europe or outside Europe.
§Respondents’ answers to the question; ‘Do you have children?’.