Table 3.
Distribution of participants and incidence of disability pension in strata of work-related factors.
| Disability pension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | ||
| Work-related factors | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Working hours per week | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p = 0.034* | |
| > 40 | 576 (8.2) | 11 (1.9) | 8 (1.8) | 3 (2.3) |
| 37-40 | 3825 (56.3) | 88 (2.3) | 33 (1.6) | 55 (3.2) |
| 20-36 | 1949 (28.7) | 73 (3.7) | 11 (3.8) | 62 (3.7) |
| < 20 | 440 (6.5) | 30 (6.8) | 5 (16.1) | 25 (6.1) |
| Years in current occupation | p = 0.241* | p = 0.017* | p = 0.266* | |
| < 5 | 1198 (17.6) | 26 (2.2) | 6 (1.6) | 20 (2.4) |
| 5-10 | 1130 (16.6) | 37 (3.3) | 6 (1.6) | 31 (4.1) |
| 11-15 | 1266 (18.6) | 40 (3.2) | 7 (1.4) | 33 (4.4) |
| 16-20 | 1693 (24.9) | 46 (2.7) | 10 (1.3) | 36 (3.8) |
| > 20 | 1507 (22.2) | 54 (3.6) | 29 (3.4) | 25 (3.7) |
| Physical demand | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | p < 0.001* | |
| Mainly sitting | 2987 (45.3) | 53 (1.8) | 21 (1.4) | 32 (2.1) |
| Sitting and standing | 1946 (29.5) | 57 (2.9) | 10 (1.6) | 47 (3.5) |
| Walking and lifting | 1504 (22.8) | 73 (4.9) | 18 (3.5) | 55 (5.6) |
| Hard manual work | 151 (2.3) | 8 (5.3) | 8 (5.8) | 0 0 |
| Job demand | p = 0.213* | p = 0.754* | p = 0.211* | |
| 1 (low level) | 1030 (14.6) | 23 (2.2) | 6 (1.8) | 17 (2.5) |
| 2 | 1377 (19.6) | 33 (2.4) | 8 (1.4) | 25 (3.1) |
| 3 | 1057 (15.0) | 35 (3.3) | 10 (2.3) | 25 (4.0) |
| 4 | 1798 (25.6) | 56 (3.1) | 18 (2.3) | 38 (3.8) |
| 5 (high level) | 1769 (25.2) | 62 (3.5) | 18 (2.3) | 44 (4.5) |
| Job control | p < 0.001* | p = 0.024* | p < 0.001* | |
| 1 (high level) | 1173 (16.7) | 21 (1.8) | 10 (1.6) | 11 (2.0) |
| 2 | 948 (13.5) | 11 (1.2) | 6 (1.3) | 5 (1.0) |
| 3 | 1964 (27.9) | 37 (1.9) | 12 (1.4) | 25 (2.3) |
| 4 | 859 (12.2) | 40 (4.7) | 11 (3.4) | 29 (5.4) |
| 5 (low level) | 2087 (29.7) | 100 (4.8) | 21 (3.2) | 79 (5.5) |
*χ2 for differences between groups.