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. 2011 Sep 20;6(9):e25004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025004

Table 1. Distributions of variables.

Women Missing, n Men Missing, n
Retirement events Disability retirement (n and %)
All diagnoses 508 (10) 0 117 (8) 0
Mental disorders 127 (2) 0 38 (3) 0
Musculosceletal diseases 231 (5) 0 38 (3) 0
Other Diagnoses 150 (3) 0 41 (3) 0
Retired for old age (n and %) 708 (14) 0 188 (13) 0
Dead (n and %) 37 (1) 1081 25 (2) 318
Become 63 years old (n and %) 855 (17) 0 335 (24) 0
Ill-health Pre-existing diseases (mean and 95% CI) 2.36 (2.31, 2.42) 0 1.73 (1.65, 1.82) 0
GHQ (mean and 95% CI) 1.92 (1.83, 2.00) 27 1.79 (1.63, 1.95) 10
Limiting longstanding illnesses (mean and 95% CI) 0.17 (0.16, 0.18) 152 0.17 (0.15, 0.19) 37
Sickness absence >2 weeks (mean and 95% CI) 0 0
1 absence 0.20 (0.19, 0.21) 0.17 (0.15, 0.19)
2 or more absences 0.10 (0.09, 0.11) 0.06 (0.05, 0.07)
Purchased prescribed medication (mean and 95% CI) 0.20 (0.19, 0.21) 0 0.12 (0.10, 0.13) 0
Has hospitalizations in the past 3 yrs (mean and 95% CI) 0.28 (0.26, 0.29) 0 0.22 (0.20, 0.24) 0
Special reimbursement (mean and 95% CI) 0.29 (0.27, 0.30) 0 0.31 (0.28, 0.33) 0
Working conditions Shift work (mean and 95% CI) 0.16 (0.15, 0.17) 37 0.22 (0.20, 0.24) 8
Temporary work contract (mean and 95% CI) 0.12 (0.11, 0.13) 73 0.08 (0.07, 0.09) 15
Working overtime (mean and 95% CI) 0.13 (0.12, 0.14) 71 0.21 (0.19, 0.24) 18
Hazardous exposures (mean and 95% CI) −0.06 (−0.09, −0.04) 312 0.13 (0.06, 0.19) 50
Physical work load (mean and 95% CI) 0.06 (0.03, 0.09) 250 −0.43 (−0.47, −0.38) 43
Computer work (mean and 95% CI) −0.02 (−0.04, 0.01) 170 0.16 (0.12, 0.21) 16
Low control (mean and 95% CI) −0.05 (−0.08, −0.03) 151 0.06 (0.00, 0.12) 28
High demans (mean and 95% CI) 0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) 313 −0.06 (−0.11, −0.01) 44
Social support at work (mean sources of support, max 4) 0.70 (0.67, 0.73) 0 0.57 (0.52, 0.62) 0
Total (n) 5094 1395