Table 1 Distribution () of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of women in Sweden and Japan

Living arrangement

Living with others

96.4

95.0

94.6

94.8

86.2

86.8

86.6

Alone

3.6

5.0

5.4

5.2

13.8

13.2

13.4

Age group

30–34

12.9

12.7

11.4

10.6

15.1

13.3

14.1

35–39

16.3

12.5

13.7

12.4

15.5

14.5

13.9

40–44

16.5

13.0

13.7

15.3

17.4

15.1

14.8

45–49

15.3

14.3

12.9

14.8

16.2

15.5

15.2

50–54

13.9

18.4

13.3

14.3

12.5

13.7

15.3

55–59

12.9

14.3

16.4

14.8

11.4

13.6

13.5

60–64

12.1

14.7

18.7

17.7

11.9

14.3

13.1

Civil status

Never married

4.7

8.3

12.0

14.2

15.7

30.1

31.6

Married

86.2

81.4

78.0

75.6

66.6

52.2

51.2

Divorced

3.5

5.6

6.7

7.5

13.8

15.9

15.7

Widowed

5.6

4.7

3.3

2.7

4.0

1.8

1.6

Place of residence

Rural

35.0

39.5

23.0

22.9

36.7

32.3

30.9

Urban

65.0

60.5

77.0

77.1

63.3

67.7

69.1

Income

Low (p1–32)

59.0

54.2

51.5

50.2

31.1

24.3

23.1

Middle (p33–65)

33.3

35.6

35.9

36.7

44.4

44.7

43.2

High (p66–100)

7.7

10.2

12.6

13.1

24.5

31.0

33.7

Parental status

Childless

21.7

23.7

13.7

16.2

17.1

Parent

78.3

76.3

86.3

83.8

82.9

Education

Compulsory or less

8.5

4.6

35.0

12.2

10.5

Secondary

61.9

60.0

43.1

49.4

47.1

University and above

29.6

35.4

21.9

38.4

42.4

Occupational status

Not working

49.8

39.2

36.9

31.0

16.8

9.7

21.2

Senior managers

1.5

1.7

1.2

1.4

2.1

4.2

4.8

Professionals

4.9

10.1

14.8

17.0

23.9

38.1

35.2

Clerks

9.0

12.7

15.2

18.0

15.6

10.5

8.1

Service workers

15.4

20.9

21.3

22.4

22.3

26.6

23.1

Skilled agricultural

5.2

3.6

2.4

2.0

1.2

0.6

0.6

Craft workers

14.1

11.8

8.1

8.3

18.1

10.3

7.1

N

30,029

19,185

16,087

13,718

1,832,938

2,079,162

2,111,913