Table 2.
Absolute differences in paid employment between persons with and without a chronic illness by educational level in European regions in 2014
| Region in Europe | Absolute difference (%) (95% CI) | ||
| Within low education (%) | Within intermediate education (%) | Within high education (%) | |
| Male | |||
| Nordic | 32.9 (28.9 to 36.8) | 18.6 (16.4 to 20.9) | 11.1 (8.5 to 13.7) |
| Continental | 26.1 (23.6 to 28.5) | 17.2 (15.7 to 18.6) | 8.2 (6.4 to 10.0) |
| Anglo-Saxon | 35.3 (31.8 to 38.7) | 17.1 (13.1 to 21.1) | 13.4 (9.9 to 17.0) |
| Southern | 21.5 (19.7 to 23.3) | 11.2 (8.9 to 13.5) | 5.0 (2.2 to 7.9) |
| Eastern | 33.5 (30.8 to 36.3) | 25.5 (24.2 to 26.7) | 9.8 (7.2 to 12.4) |
| Female | |||
| Nordic | 31.0 (26.2 to 35.7) | 20.1 (17.3 to 22.9) | 9.6 (7.1 to 12.0) |
| Continental | 20.4 (17.7 to 23.0) | 15.2 (13.5 to 16.9) | 9.4 (7.3 to 11.6) |
| Anglo-Saxon | 29.8 (25.8 to 33.8) | 22.5 (18.5 to 26.6) | 15.8 (12.2 to 19.4) |
| Southern | 10.0 (8.0 to 11.9) | 6.5 (4.0 to 8.9) | 5.8 (2.9 to 8.6) |
| Eastern | 23.7 (20.7 to 26.6) | 20.6 (19.3 to 22.0) | 6.4 (4.2 to 8.6) |