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. 2012 Aug 31;12:720. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-720

Table 1.

Distribution of participants, cumulative incidence of disability pension (DP) and unadjusted risk of DP by covariates

 
Distribution
Disability pension
Men
Women
 
Men
Women
  n % n % p-value* n % HR 95% CI n % HR 95% CI
Gender
5959
 
6306
 
 
99
1.7
 
 
230
3.6
 
 
Married
 
 
 
 
0.269
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
4481
75.2
4796
76.1
 
62
1.4
1.00
 
169
3.5
1.00
 
No
1478
24.8
1510
23.9
 
37
2.5
1.85
1.23–2.78
61
4.0
1.18
0.88–1.59
Ever divorced
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
5487
92.1
5619
89.1
 
83
1.5
1.00
 
196
3.5
1.00
 
Yes
472
7.9
687
10.9
 
16
3.4
2.31
1.35–3.94
34
4.9
1.47
1.02–2.11
Living with children < 18 years
 
 
 
 
0.206
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
4508
75.7
4604
73.0
 
66
1.5
1.00
 
146
3.2
1.00
 
No
1068
17.9
1158
18.4
 
22
2.1
1.43
0.88–2.32
58
5.0
1.63
1.20–2.21
Spouse receive social benefit
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No
5412
90.8
5940
94.2
 
84
1.6
1.00
 
210
3.5
1.00
 
Yes
547
9.2
366
5.8
 
15
2.7
1.77
1.02–3.06
20
5.5
1.54
0.98–2.44
Educational level
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
University/college
2402
40.3
2353
37.3
 
26
1.1
1.00
 
48
2.0
1.00
 
Vocational/higher secondary
2750
46.1
2874
45.6
 
47
1.7
1.55
0.96–2.50
106
3.7
1.80
1.28–2.53
Primary/lower secondary
807
13.5
1079
17.1
 
26
3.2
2.94
1.71–5.06
76
7.0
3.47
2.41–4.98
Occupational class
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Administrative/professional
2908
48.8
1481
23.5
 
33
1.1
1.00
 
27
1.8
1.00
 
Routine non-manual
906
15.2
3128
49.6
 
10
1.1
0.97
0.48–1.97
102
3.3
1.77
1.16–2.71
Manual
2010
33.7
1555
24.7
 
52
2.6
2.25
1.46–3.49
94
6.0
3.30
2.15–5.06
Working hours per week
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
≥37 hours
5174
86.8
2888
45.8
 
77
1.5
1.00
 
90
3.1
1.00
 
27-36 hours
549
9.2
1769
28.1
 
11
2.0
1.33
0.71–2.50
55
3.1
0.98
0.70–1.37
<27 hours
102
1.7
1463
23.2
 
5
4.9
3.38
1.37–8.37
78
5.3
1.69
1.25–2.29
Self-perceived mental health
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quartile 1 (good)
1626
27.3
1338
21.2
 
14
0.9
1.00
 
54
4.0
1.00
 
Quartile 2
1640
27.5
1636
25.9
 
14
0.9
0.99
0.47–2.09
47
2.9
0.71
0.48–1.04
Quartile 3
1351
22.7
1501
23.8
 
20
1.5
1.73
0.87–3.42
35
2.3
0.57
0.37–0.88
Quartile 4 (poorest)
1342
22.5
1831
29.0
 
51
3.8
4.50
2.49–8.14
94
5.1
1.28
0.91–1.79
Self-perceived physical health
 
 
 
 
0.000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quartile 1 (good)
1530
25.7
1641
26.0
 
6
0.4
1.00
 
18
1.1
1.00
 
Quartile 2
1483
24.9
1478
23.4
 
7
0.5
1.20
0.40–3.56
21
1.4
1.28
0.68–2.40
Quartile 3
1669
28.0
1410
22.4
 
20
1.2
3.03
1.22–7.55
30
2.1
1.92
1.07–3.44
Quartile 4 (poorest) 1277 21.4 1777 28.2   66 5.2 13.37 5.80–30.84 161 9.1 8.59 5.28–13.99

2 for gender differences in distribution of participants.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) from univariate Cox regression analyses.