Table 1 Description of the study population (n = 2022).

From: Post COVID-19 symptoms are common, also among young adults in the general population

 

Participant data (n = 2022)a

Age (n = 2022), mean (SD)

26.5 (0.79)

Sex (n = 2022)

 Females

1193/2022 (59.0)

 Males

829/2022 (41.0)

Living area (n = 2022)

 Stockholm County

1551/2022 (76.7)

 Outside of Stockholm County

471/2022 (23.3)

Month of answering the questionnaire (n = 2022)

 October 2021

1300/2022 (64.3)

 November 2021

406/2022 (20.1)

 December 2021

62/2022 (3.1)

 January 2022

231/2022 (11.4)

 February 2022

23/2022 (1.1)

Education (n = 1948)

 Elementary school

37/1948 (1.9)

 High school/upper secondary school

557/1948 (28.6)

 University/College < 3 years or folk high school

304/1948 (15.6)

 University ≥ 3 years

1050/1948 (53.9)

Occupation (n = 1953)

 Student

546/1953 (28.0)

 Worker

1270/1953 (65.0)

 Other

137/1953 (7.0)

 Confirmed COVID-19 (n = 2022)b

681/2022 (33.7)

  1. aUnless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as number/total number (%) The total number is smaller for some variables owing to missing data.
  2. bConfirmed COVID-19: self-reported SARS-CoV-2 positive PCR-test, antigen test or IgG test before vaccination and/or positive PCR-test in the database SmiNet (a national register covering all positive PCR-tests for SARS-CoV-2 conducted in Sweden).