Table 3 Distribution of socio-demographic, lifestyle, social capital, and outcome variables of self-rated health and depressive symptoms in Sweden and Ukraine
Variables | Sweden | Ukraine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women (%) | Men (%) | Total (%) | Women (%) | Men (%) | Total (%) | |
NÂ =Â 5436 | NÂ =Â 4612 | NÂ =Â 10,048 | NÂ =Â 1723 | NÂ =Â 910 | NÂ =Â 2633 | |
Socio-demographic | ||||||
 Age | ||||||
  18–29 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 23.3 | 20.3 |
  30–59 | 56.0 | 54.5 | 55.4 | 50.7 | 51.9 | 51.1 |
  60+ | 25.1 | 28.6 | 26.6 | 30.5 | 24.8 | 28.6 |
 Education | ||||||
  Short | 26.5 | 25.1 | 25.8 | 14.1 | 10.7 | 13.0 |
  Medium | 33.1 | 40.6 | 36.5 | 49.0 | 51.4 | 49.9 |
  Long | 40.4 | 34.3 | 37.7 | 36.8 | 37.9 | 37.2 |
 Marital status | ||||||
  Living without a partner | 34.2 | 31.2 | 32.7 | 51.1 | 32.0 | 44.5 |
  Living with partner | 65.8 | 68.8 | 67.3 | 48.9 | 68.0 | 55.5 |
 Small children at home | ||||||
  Yes | 13.7 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 10.5 |
  No | 86.3 | 87.2 | 86.7 | 88.4 | 91.5 | 89.5 |
Lifestyle | ||||||
 Smoking | ||||||
  Yes | 18.0 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 6.7 | 43.8 | 19.6 |
  No | 82.0 | 86.6 | 84.2 | 93.3 | 56.2 | 80.4 |
 Alcohol consumption ever | ||||||
  Yes | 86.3 | 92.0 | 88.9 | 69.3 | 84.3 | 74.4 |
  Never | 13.7 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 30.7 | 15.7 | 25.6 |
 Social capital | ||||||
  Trust in the national government/parliament | ||||||
   High | 30.7 | 31.6 | 31.1 | 11.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
   Moderate | 34.3 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 31.1 | 32.6 | 31.6 |
   Low | 9.4 | 17.0 | 12.9 | 57.4 | 55.7 | 56.8 |
   No opinion | 25.6 | 13.4 | 20.0 |  |  |  |
 Feeling of safety | ||||||
  High | 25.8 | 56.3 | 39.8 | 14.9 | 31.8 | 20.7 |
  Moderate | 62.1 | 40.7 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 52.0 | 50.6 |
  Low | 3.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 35.2 | 16.3 | 28.6 |
  Never alone | 8.6 | 1.8 | 5.5 |  |  |  |
Mental and health outcomes | ||||||
 Depressive symptoms | ||||||
  No | 78.5 | 85.8 | 81.8 | 62.2 | 79.8 | 68.3 |
  Yes | 21.5 | 14.2 | 18.2 | 37.8 | 20.2 | 31.7 |
 Self-rated health | ||||||
  Good | 67.3 | 71.2 | 69.1 | 23.0 | 36.9 | 27.8 |
  Poor | 32.7 | 28.8 | 30.9 | 77.0 | 63.1 | 72.2 |