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Table 1 Distribution of participants, incidence of disability pension awards, total and stratified by gender.

From: Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors: The Hordaland Health Study Cohort

    

Disability pension

Occupational class

Total n (%)

Men n (%)

Women n (%)

Total n (%)

Men n (%)

Women n (%)

    

p < 0.001*

p = 0.003*

p < 0.001*

Administrators and professionals

2393 (34.0)

1442 (49.1)

951 (23.2)

32 (1.3)

17 (1.2)

15 (1.6)

Routine non-manual workers

2492 (35.4)

444 (15.1)

2048 (50.0)

73 (2.9)

9 (2.0)

64 (3.1)

Skilled manual workers

1535 (21.8)

780 (26.6)

755 (18.4)

62 (4.0)

23 (2.9)

39 (5.2)

Unskilled manual workers

611 (8.7)

269 (9.2)

342 (8.3)

42 (6.9)

11 (4.1)

31 (9.1)

Total

7031 (100)

2935 (100)

4096 (100)

209 (3.0)

60 (2.0)

149 (3.6)

  1. *χ2 for differences between groups