Table 3.

Health and social characteristics by labor market position

	2006
	Employed	Unemployed	Sick leave	Disability pension
2006	n = 11,557 (83%.7)	n = 699 (6%.0)	n = 394 (2%.8)	n = 980 (7%.5)
Health
Mental distress	20.1	39.4	55.9	33.7
Limiting longstanding illness	14.6	24.3	83.7	90.6
Socio-demographic factors
Average age	40.9	36.5	44.1	54.1
Primary/lower secondary	12.8	33.0	18.5	29.7
Upper secondary	59.4	51.3	64.7	59.5
Tertiary	27.8	15.7	16.8	10.8
Born abroad	19.9	37.4	31.1	32.5
Living alone	24.8	23.9	35.9	40.4
Economic and social conditions
Abstained from care due to economic reasons	21.7	41.7	38.7	35.6
Not participated in activities in the past 12 months	40.3	49.9	56.8	54.9
Received social assistance	2.8	14.3	11.4	6.9
Received disability pension	1.1	2.3	7.4	86.2
Received unemployment benefit	7.4	31.4	7.4	2.7
Received sickness benefit	8.4	13.4	54.9	20.9
	Employed	Unemployed	Sick leave	Disability pension
2010	n = 9,543 (88%.2)	n = 402 (4%.7)	n = 161 (1%.7)	n = 522 (5%.3)
Health
Mental distress	22.7	44.9	64.8	39.2
Limiting longstanding illness	15.3	27.8	83.8	91.2
Socio-demographic factors
Average age	41.8	38.5	46.0	53.6
Primary/lower secondary	10.7	30.6	24.8	33.5
Upper secondary	55.4	44.0	55.2	58.1
Tertiary	33.9	25.4	20.0	8.4
Born abroad	23.7	39.4	35.1	37.1
Living alone	21.4	19.2	30.9	48.0
Economic and social conditions
Abstained from care due to economic reasons	17.6	43.3	43.5	43.5
Not participated in activities in the past 12 months	38.8	54.0	56.4	57.8
Received social assistance	2.0	13.8	21.9	5.5
Received disability pension	2.4	6.2	17.5	94.6
Received unemployment benefit	4.4	19.7	1.7	2.1
Received sickness benefit	7.4	9,7	46.2	8.2