Table 2 Summary statistics for 2001, full sample

Gender

Male

57.0

65.1

0.082

(17.03)***

Female

43.0

34.9

-0.082

(-17.03)***

Aggregate days in

403

340

-62.43

(-16.27)***

unemployment 1998–2001

0

0.8

0.6

1–30

2.2

1.4

31–90

8.0

11.4

91–182

14.4

17.2

183–274

12.3

15.1

275–364

11.2

14.6

365–730

37.6

32.2

731–1094

12.8

7.2

1095–1457

0.4

0.2

Age groups

35

31

-3.430

(-10.75)***

16–20

8.7

12.3

0.022

(8.42)***

21–25

15.4

23.6

0.055

(14.50)***

26–30

15.3

18.8

0.057

(14.05)***

31–35

14.5

15.0

0.017

(4.65)***

36–40

14.9

10.8

-0.018

(-5.56)***

41–45

12.0

8.8

-0.036

(-12.37)***

46–50

10.6

6.0

-0.041

(-15.77)***

51–55

8.6

4.7

-0.040

(-18.31)***

Country of birth

Sweden

73.9

75.0

0.012

(2.69)***

Nordic countries (except Sweden)

3.2

2.8

-0.004

(-2.34)***

EU12

0.9

0.6

-0.003

(-3.79)***

Other European countries

7.0

6.7

-0.003

(-1.23)

Africa

2.2

2.2

-0.000

(-0.23)

North America

0.4

0.4

0.000

(0.72)

South America

1.5

1.7

0.002

(1.44)

Asia

10.7

10.3

-0.004

(-1.25)

Oceania

0.0

0.0

-0.000

(-9.95)***

Soviet Union

0.2

0.2

0.001

(1.15)

Highest education level

Primary school less than 9 years

3.9

1.5

-0.024

(-17.80)***

Primary school 9 (10) years

17.9

14.4

-0.019

(-4.87)***

Upper secondary 2 years or less

34.0

27.5

-0.065

(-14.49)***

Upper secondary 2 years or more

27.2

35.5

0.072

(15.75)***

Higher education less than 3 years

8.6

10.5

0.016

(4.98)***

Higher education 3 years or more

7.3

9.9

0.023

(7.80)***

Post-graduate education

0.2

0.2

-0.001

(-4.59)***

Unknown

1.0

0.6

-0.003

(-3.89)***

Resides in a large city

Stockholm

12.3

19.4

0.076

(18.98)***

Gothenburg

17.0

23.7

0.060

(14.37)***

Malmoe

15.4

10.9

-0.045

(-14.60)***

Other

55.4

46.0

-0.091

(-18.26)***

Number of observations

25,158

953