Table 2 Percentages of individuals with a specific number of welfare problems

From: Increasing Inequality in Social Exclusion Occurrence: The Case of Sweden During 1979–2003

Year 1979
Number of welfare problems Men (%) Women (%)   
0 50.6 62.2   
1 39.0 30.5   
2 9.2 5.9   
3 1.0 1.2   
4 0.2 0.2   
5 0.0 0.0   
6 0.0 0.0   
  Couples without children (%) Couples with children (%) Singles without children (%) Singles with children (%)
0 62.4 56.4 49.5 47.7
1 34.1 34.0 36.1 39.7
2 3.0 8.3 12.1 9.9
3 0.4 1.0 2.3 2.0
4 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.7
5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Swedes (%) 1st-Generation Swedes (%) Immigrants (%)  
0 58.6 48.1 38.0  
1 33.8 42.0 40.8  
2 6.6 6.2 17.1  
3 0.9 1.2 3.5  
4 0.1 2.5 0.7  
5 0.0 0.0 0.0  
6 0.0 0.0 0.0  
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