Table 1 Background of the study participants, weighted percentages (95% confidence intervals)

Age

 18–29 years

29.3 (20.7–39.8)

31.0 (23.2–40.0)

46.5 (32.3–61.2)

27.6 (12.1–51.4)

32.9 (27.4–38.8)

 30–38 years

43.6 (33.5–54.2)

48.8 (39.8–58.0)

36.2 (23.8–50.8)

49.7 (30.7–68.9)

45.2 (39.3–51.3)

 39–50 years

27.1 (18.8–37.5)

20.2 (13.8–28.6)

17.3 (7.3–35.8)

22.7 (10.0–43.6)

21.9 (17.2–27.5)

Education

 No education or only elementary school education

4.9 (1.8–12.2)

21.2 (14.6–29.8)

45.4 (31.2–60.4)

16.5 (5.9–38.2)

20.2 (15.7–25.6)

 High school or vocational training

59.8 (49.1–69.6)

28.4 (20.8–37.5)

35.1 (21.7–51.4)

42.2(24.3–62.4)

40.1 (34.3–46.2)

 University degree

35.3 (26.0–46.0)

50.4 (41.2–59.6)

19.5 (10.7–33.0)

41.3 (23.9–61.2)

39.7 (34.0–45.7)

Language skills

Speaks only her mother tongue

34.0 (24.6–44.7)

27.4 (20.1–36.1)

31.9 (19.4–47.7)

22.7 (10.0–43.6)

29.5 (24.3–35.3)

Reading skills

 Can at most read simple texts

2.4 (0.6–8.9)

12.5 (7.6–19.9)

32.3 (20.6–46.8)

13.3 (4.0–36.0)

13.2 (9.6–17.8)

Writing skills

 Can at most write simple texts

3.5 (1.1–10.3)

12.5 (7.6–19.9)

34.2 (22.2–48.7)

13.3 (4.0–36.0)

13.8 (10.2–18.5)

Family

 Spouse in Finland or abroad

81.1 (71.4–88.1)

75.9 (66.7–83.2)

25.2 (13.7–41.7)

50.6 (31.4–69.7)

66.0 (59.9–71.6)

 No spouse

18.9 (12.0–28.7)

24.1 (16.8–33.4)

74.8 (58.3–86.3)

49.3 (30.3–68.6)

34.0 (28.4–40.2)