How gender and low mental health literacy are related to unmet need for mental healthcare: a cross-sectional population-based study in Sweden

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample, stratified by gender. Frequencies (n) and proportions (%)

	Total (Unweighted n = 1563) Weighted n = 1563		Men (Unweighted n = 659) Weighted n = 782		Women (Unweighted n = 904) Weighted n = 781
	(n) n^ab	(%) %^ac	n^ab	%^ac	n^ab	%^ac
Age, years
18–30	(405) 352	(26) 23	179	23	173	22
31–50	(438) 594	(28) 38	303	39	291	37
51–64	(319) 330	(20) 21	166	21	164	21
65–84	(401) 286	(26) 18	134	17	152	20
Education
Primary or less	(169) 139	(11) 9	66	8	73	9
Secondary	(512) 496	(33) 32	266	34	231	30
University	(878) 922	(56) 59	447	57	475	61
Current mental health
Poor	(392) 391	(25) 25	166	22	224	29

^a Weighted data based on the gender and age distribution in Stockholm County. ^b As the weighted frequencies were rounded to the nearest integer, frequencies in sub-groups do not always sum up to the total frequency. ^c Column proportions. Valid proportions, missing values excluded.

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