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Table 3 Distribution of participants and incidence of disability pension in strata of work-related factors.

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

  

Disability pension

  

Total

Men

Women

Work-related factors

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Working hours per week

 

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p = 0.034*

> 40

576 (8.2)

11 (1.9)

8 (1.8)

3 (2.3)

37-40

3825 (56.3)

88 (2.3)

33 (1.6)

55 (3.2)

20-36

1949 (28.7)

73 (3.7)

11 (3.8)

62 (3.7)

< 20

440 (6.5)

30 (6.8)

5 (16.1)

25 (6.1)

Years in current occupation

 

p = 0.241*

p = 0.017*

p = 0.266*

< 5

1198 (17.6)

26 (2.2)

6 (1.6)

20 (2.4)

5-10

1130 (16.6)

37 (3.3)

6 (1.6)

31 (4.1)

11-15

1266 (18.6)

40 (3.2)

7 (1.4)

33 (4.4)

16-20

1693 (24.9)

46 (2.7)

10 (1.3)

36 (3.8)

> 20

1507 (22.2)

54 (3.6)

29 (3.4)

25 (3.7)

Physical demand

 

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

p < 0.001*

Mainly sitting

2987 (45.3)

53 (1.8)

21 (1.4)

32 (2.1)

Sitting and standing

1946 (29.5)

57 (2.9)

10 (1.6)

47 (3.5)

Walking and lifting

1504 (22.8)

73 (4.9)

18 (3.5)

55 (5.6)

Hard manual work

151 (2.3)

8 (5.3)

8 (5.8)

0 0

Job demand

 

p = 0.213*

p = 0.754*

p = 0.211*

1 (low level)

1030 (14.6)

23 (2.2)

6 (1.8)

17 (2.5)

2

1377 (19.6)

33 (2.4)

8 (1.4)

25 (3.1)

3

1057 (15.0)

35 (3.3)

10 (2.3)

25 (4.0)

4

1798 (25.6)

56 (3.1)

18 (2.3)

38 (3.8)

5 (high level)

1769 (25.2)

62 (3.5)

18 (2.3)

44 (4.5)

Job control

 

p < 0.001*

p = 0.024*

p < 0.001*

1 (high level)

1173 (16.7)

21 (1.8)

10 (1.6)

11 (2.0)

2

948 (13.5)

11 (1.2)

6 (1.3)

5 (1.0)

3

1964 (27.9)

37 (1.9)

12 (1.4)

25 (2.3)

4

859 (12.2)

40 (4.7)

11 (3.4)

29 (5.4)

5 (low level)

2087 (29.7)

100 (4.8)

21 (3.2)

79 (5.5)

  1. *χ2 for differences between groups.