Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the intervention group and the control group at baseline and at the end of the career health care experiment

	Intervention group		Control group
	Recruited at baseline (n = 265)	Participated at end (n = 134)	Recruited at baseline (n = 274)	Participated at end (n = 188)
Gender
Men	41%	36%	35%	29%
Women	59%	64%	65%	71%
Former education
University or college	20%	21%	18%	21%
Vocational school	42%	43%	43%	45%
ALMP course or none	38%	36%	39%	34%
Unemployment at baseline
Less than 1 year	67%	66%	67%	69%
1 year or more	33%	34%	33%	31%
Mean age at baseline	38.0	39.6	37.6	38.5
Self-rated health at baseline
Optimal	68%	70%	76%	77%
Suboptimal	32%	30%	24%	23%