When mentioning a larger group and zooming in on a smaller part of it, Swedish uses the formal relative adverb varav (of which / out of which).
[Main Group] + , + varav + [Subset/Quantity] + [Verb]
| The statistics show a hundred people, of which ninety are students. | Statistiken visar hundra personer, varav nittio är studenter. |
| We have twenty respondents, of which the majority are in this age group. | Vi har tjugo respondenter, varav majoriteten är i den här åldersgruppen. |
Working with Proportions
Varav is common in formal writing and reports. Directly after varav, you place the noun or number that defines the subset—such as a specific number, hälften (half), minoriteten (the minority), or en andel (a proportion).
| Eighty percent are employed, of which half are women. | Åttio procent är sysselsatta, varav hälften är kvinnor. |
| The chart shows two groups, of which one is the minority. | Diagrammet visar två grupper, varav en är minoriteten. |
| We investigate a hundred people, of which a large proportion are women. | Vi undersöker hundra personer, varav en stor andel är kvinnor. |
These terms are also used in standard descriptive sentences to discuss data and demographics:
| The statistics show that the proportion of employed is high. | Statistiken visar att andelen sysselsatta är hög. |
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