Table 4.
Risk of disability pension by occupational class, separate and cumulative adjustments.
| Work-related factors | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Separate adjustments | Gender only | Healtha | Years in current occupation |
Working hours per week |
Physical demands | Job demands | Job control | |||||||
| Occupational class | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI | HR | 95% CI |
| Administrators and professionals | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Routine non-manual workers | 1.76 | (1.15-2.71) | 1.49 | (0.95-2.36) | 1.73 | (1.12-2.67) | 1.74 | (1.11-2.72) | 1.65 | (1.05-2.59) | 1.86 | (1.21-2.87) | 1.51 | (0.96-2.35) |
| Skilled manual workers | 2.86 | (1.86-4.38) | 2.53 | (1.60-3.98) | 2.58 | (1.66-3.99) | 2.88 | (1.84-4.50) | 2.24 | (1.38-3.63) | 3.08 | (2.00-4.73) | 2.26 | (1.44-3.55) |
| Unskilled manual workers | 4.76 | (3.00-7.55) | 2.78 | (1.65-4.68) | 4.71 | (2.95-7.51) | 4.74 | (2.93-7.67) | 3.93 | (2.35-6.57) | 5.20 | (3.26-8.28) | 3.39 | (2.07-5.56) |
| Cumulative adjustments | Gender only | + healtha |
Years in current occupationb |
+ Working hours per weekc |
+ Physical demandsd | + Job demandse | + Job controlf | |||||||
| Administrators and professionals | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||||||
| Routine non-manual workers | 1.76 | (1.15-2.71) | 1.49 | (0.95-2.36) | 1.55 | (0.98-2.46) | 1.58 | (0.98-2.54) | 1.51 | (0.93-2.45) | 1.52 | (0.93-2.47) | 1.41 | (0.84-2.33) |
| Skilled manual workers | 2.86 | (1.86-4.38) | 2.53 | (1.60-3.98) | 2.44 | (1.53-3.87) | 2.57 | (1.58-4.17) | 2.21 | (1.30-3.76) | 2.20 | (1.29-3.74) | 1.87 | (1.07-3.27) |
| Unskilled manual workers | 4.76 | (3.00-7.55) | 2.78 | (1.65-4.68) | 2.78 | (1.64-4.71) | 2.95 | (1.71-5.09) | 2.57 | (1.43-4.62) | 2.60 | (1.44-4.67) | 2.12 | (1.14-3.95) |
Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs from Cox regression models adjusted for gender.
a Adjusted for gender and health (somatic diagnosis, somatic conditions based on medication use, mental health, self-perceived health and somatic symptoms)
b Adjusted for gender, health and years in current occupation
c Adjusted for gender, health, years in current occupation and working hours per week
d Adjusted for gender, health, years in current occupation, working hours per week and physical demands
e Adjusted for gender, health, years in current occupation, working hours per week, physical demands and job demands
f Adjusted for gender, health, years in current occupation, working hours per week, physical demands, job demands and job control