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. 2021 Mar 17;16(3):e0247724. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247724

Table 2. Associations between ADHD and occupational outcomes, and the influence of comorbid intellectual disability/developmental disorders and lifetime educational attainment.

Observed occupational outcome Modeled
Year after compulsory school graduation Covariate sets adjusted for
0 15 0 15 Cohort Demographic and mediation Demographic, mediation, and comorbid ID/DD Demographic, mediation, and lifetime EA
ADHD Controls ADHD
Mean EURO (SD) Income ratio, exp(β)
Income 857.0 (1372.0) 15,816.3 (8,835.5) 935.0 (3,035.7) 23,097.8 (15,474.7) 0.81 (0.80, 0.81) 0.83 (0.83, 0.84) 0.86 (0.86, 0.87) 0.86 (0.86, 0.87)
Mean days (SD) Unemployment days, β
Unemployment 0.2 (3.5) 28.9 (70.9) 0.0 (1.7) 11.7 (45.9) 11.84 (11.55, 12.14) 12.19 (11.89, 12.49) 11.59 (11.28, 11.90) 8.33 (8.04, 8.63)
Frequency (%) Odds-ratio, exp(β); % risk-difference
Disability pension 160 (0.6) 188 (11.7) 882 (0.1) 787 (0.9) 18.8; 10.9 (18.2, 19.4) 19.0; 11.0 (18.4, 19.6) 5.68; 3.0 (5.36, 6.02) 8.63; 4.7 (8.30, 8.97)

t: Year (0–15) after graduation. Cohort adjustment include year of compulsory school graduation (11 levels) and year of observation (16 levels) as fixed-effects. Demographic adjustment include cohort covariates, sex, and immigrant status. Mediation covariates varied by outcome as follows: Income included days unemployed, presence of study benefits and disability pension respectively. Unemployment included disability pension and presence of study benefits. Disability pension included an indicator of being at least 19 years of age in 2003 or later due to an eligibility requirement implemented this year. Comorbidity includes indicators for a lifetime diagnosis of developmental disorder or intellectual disability. Lifetime EA includes indicators of lifetime secondary and tertiary educational attainment.