TABLE 2

Distribution of socioeconomic indicators (%) in the total study sample and among women and men

TotalWomenMenp-value#
Socioeconomic classification by occupation (SEI)
 Professionals, executives and self-employed10.87.914.0<0.001
 Nonmanual employees (intermediate)20.124.015.8<0.001
 Non-manual employees (lower)10.213.07.1<0.001
 Manual workers in service22.129.913.6<0.001
 Manual workers in industry15.22.928.7<0.001
 Students4.24.34.00.453
 Other and unspecified17.418.016.70.176
Working status
 Professionally active54.453.655.40.123
 Jobless5.96.25.50.167
 Student4.04.33.70.223
 Retired31.830.832.90.059
 Unspecified3.85.12.5<0.001
Educational level+
 Advanced tertiary19.724.114.9<0.001
 Basic tertiary9.410.87.9<0.001
 Upper secondary58.153.962.6<0.001
 Compulsory12.811.114.6<0.001
Income+
 High20.017.023.3<0.001
 Medium-high20.019.620.50.377
 Medium20.019.720.30.562
 Medium-low20.021.618.30.001
 Low20.022.117.7<0.001

#: comparing sexes by Pearson's Chi-squared test; : data from questionnaire survey; +: data from national register.