Table 2.
Activities and sources of income among those long-term sickness absent 1995, 2000, and 2005
| |
Starting 1995 (women n = 71 004; men, n = 54 401) |
Starting 2000 (women, n = 129 161; men, n = 77 621) |
Starting 2005 (women, n = 126 718; men, n = 72 518) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
|
Women |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
14.0 |
15.8 |
15.3 |
11.4 |
14.2 |
14.9 |
17.7 |
24.4 |
27.8 |
| Old-age pensioners |
0.9 |
2.5 |
4.2 |
0.8 |
2.4 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
5.5 |
| Long-term unemployed |
5.3 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.4 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
| Disability pensioners |
27.3 |
42.3 |
48.2 |
22.3 |
41.1 |
50.0 |
23.2 |
37.0 |
41.2 |
| Persons on long-term sick leave |
46.7 |
26.1 |
19.0 |
59.4 |
35.0 |
22.9 |
50.4 |
26.4 |
15.4 |
| Persons on parental leave |
1.9 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
| Unemployed without welfare assistance |
1.8 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
| Social assistance recipients |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Student allowance recipients |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
| Deceased |
1.3 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
1.6 |
2.2 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
| Emigrated |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
|
Men |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
13.8 |
16.0 |
16.3 |
11.7 |
14.0 |
14.6 |
17.5 |
23.8 |
26.2 |
| Old-age pensioners |
1.1 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
1.0 |
3.2 |
5.8 |
1.5 |
4.3 |
7.5 |
| Long-term unemployed |
8.9 |
9.7 |
8.3 |
3.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
6.3 |
6.6 |
6.4 |
| Disability pensioners |
26.3 |
40.2 |
45.2 |
23.4 |
41.3 |
48.7 |
22.8 |
36.1 |
39.1 |
| Persons on long-term sick leave |
44.5 |
23.3 |
15.7 |
56.2 |
31.0 |
18.9 |
47.9 |
23.3 |
13.0 |
| Persons on parental leave |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Unemployed without welfare assistance |
2.3 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
| Social assistance recipients |
0.7 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
| Student allowance recipients |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
| Deceased |
1.9 |
3.1 |
4.2 |
1.5 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
| Emigrated | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
By sex. 20-64 years old. Three different cohorts used with three different starting year.
Due to the large number of participants, all differences exceeding a few tenths of a percent are significant on the 95% level; in cases with very low percentages, differences less than one tenth of a percent are significant.