TABLE 2.

Wage difference at baseline in 1997 (in Euro, CPI-adjusted) between people with and without baseline hearing loss (before age 40), the HUNT2 study, Norway

	Model A			Model B			Model C
	Wage Difference	95% CI		Wage Difference	95% CI		Wage Difference	95% CI
Total sample	2153	−567	4874	4850	2328	7372	3850	6164	405
Men	2971	−907	6849	5531	1660	9403	4852	1210	8494
Women	3739	482	6996	4455	1203	7707	3054	185	5923
Younger adults (<30 yrs at baseline)	4558	344	8772	6103	2211	9995	5057	1479	8635
Older adults (≥30 yrs at baseline)	2096	−1489	5680	4205	871	7540	3479	439	6518
Higher education	−3611	−10,055	2833	2073	−3851	7996	2487	−3246	8220
Lower education	3607	790	6425	4973	2476	7470	4276	1862	6691

Model A crude model. Model B adjusted for age and sex and their interactions with time (Sex × Time, and Age × Time). Model C adjusted for age, sex, and education, and their interactions with time (Sex × Time, Age × Time, and Education × Time).

CI, confidence interval; CPI, consumer price index; Higher education, university <4 yrs and university ≥4 yrs; Lower education, primary education and secondary education.