Table 5 Percentages of individuals with a specific number of welfare problems

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

Years 2002–2003
Number of welfare problems Men (%) Women (%)   
0 60.5 65.9   
1 30.6 26.7   
2 6.9 6.0   
3 1.7 1.0   
4 0.3 0.4   
5 0.1 0.0   
6 0.0 0.0   
  Couples without children (%) Couples with children (%) Singles without children (%) Singles with children (%)
0 68.8 64.8 56.4 38.3
1 26.9 28.6 30.3 35.8
2 3.7 5.3 10.2 19.9
3 0.5 1.1 2.6 3.5
4 0.1 0.2 0.5 2.5
5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Swedes (%) 1st-Generation Swedes (%) Immigrants (%)  
0 65.7 57.7 48.2  
1 27.9 33.1 31.4  
2 5.2 7.1 15.2  
3 1.0 1.3 3.8  
4 0.2 0.8 1.4  
5 0.0 (1 person) 0.0 0.0  
6 0.0 0.0 0.0  
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