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. 2021 Mar 16;21:514. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10538-w

Table 4.

The impact of long-term health challenges on the probability of receiving disability pension by age 21. Presented as OR (95% Cl) and average marginal effects. The sample is from birth cohorts in 1990 to 1996, n = 421,110

OR AME
OR (95% CI) Coeff. St.error P-value
Long-term health challenges (ref: peers without long-term health challenges)
 Celiac disease 1.67 (1.29–2.17) 0.007 0.002 0.002
 Asthma 1.00 (0.84–1.18) −0.000 0.000 0.977
 IBD 1.39 (0.95–2.04) 0.004 0.003 0.141
 Epilepsy 18.14 (16.58–19.85) 0.147 0.006 0.000
 Diabetes 1.92 (1.49–2.48) 0.009 0.002 0.000
 Juvenile arthritis 1.88 (1.19–2.96) 0.008 0.004 0.041
 Sensory impairment 6.18 (5.50–6.95) 0.500 0.003 0.000
 SMA/SB/CP 94.00 (83.70–105.59) 0.476 0.014 0.000
Gender (ref:boys)
 Girls 0.97 (0.92–1.02) −0.000 0.000 0.334
Immigrant background (ref:majority)
 1.generaton 1.27 (1.13–1.42) 0.003 0.000 0.000
 2.generation 1.21 (1.07–1.37) 0.002 0.000 0.005
Parental education (ref: Upper secondary education and below)
 Any college/university education 0.90 (0.85–0.95) −0.001 0.000 0.000
 Unknown education 1.67 (1.43–1.70) 0.009 0.002 0.000
Parental income (log income) 0.88 (0.86–0.90) −0.002 0.000 0.000
Treated in mental health care 1.44 (1.23–1.70) 0.005 0.001 0.000
 Constant 0.516 (0.040–0.067)

Note: adjusted for birth cohorts