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Table 1 Distribution of participants, cumulative incidence of disability pension (DP) and unadjusted risk of DP by covariates

From: Women’s higher likelihood of disability pension: the role of health, family and work. A 5–7 years follow-up of the Hordaland Health Study

 

Distribution

Disability pension

Men

Women

 

Men

Women

 

n

%

n

%

p-value*

n

%

HR

95% CI

n

%

HR

95% CI

Gender

5959

 

6306

  

99

1.7

  

230

3.6

  

Married

    

0.269

        

Yes

4481

75.2

4796

76.1

 

62

1.4

1.00

 

169

3.5

1.00

 

No

1478

24.8

1510

23.9

 

37

2.5

1.85

1.23–2.78

61

4.0

1.18

0.88–1.59

Ever divorced

    

0.000

        

No

5487

92.1

5619

89.1

 

83

1.5

1.00

 

196

3.5

1.00

 

Yes

472

7.9

687

10.9

 

16

3.4

2.31

1.35–3.94

34

4.9

1.47

1.02–2.11

Living with children < 18 years

    

0.206

        

Yes

4508

75.7

4604

73.0

 

66

1.5

1.00

 

146

3.2

1.00

 

No

1068

17.9

1158

18.4

 

22

2.1

1.43

0.88–2.32

58

5.0

1.63

1.20–2.21

Spouse receive social benefit

    

0.000

        

No

5412

90.8

5940

94.2

 

84

1.6

1.00

 

210

3.5

1.00

 

Yes

547

9.2

366

5.8

 

15

2.7

1.77

1.02–3.06

20

5.5

1.54

0.98–2.44

Educational level

    

0.000

        

University/college

2402

40.3

2353

37.3

 

26

1.1

1.00

 

48

2.0

1.00

 

Vocational/higher secondary

2750

46.1

2874

45.6

 

47

1.7

1.55

0.96–2.50

106

3.7

1.80

1.28–2.53

Primary/lower secondary

807

13.5

1079

17.1

 

26

3.2

2.94

1.71–5.06

76

7.0

3.47

2.41–4.98

Occupational class

    

0.000

        

Administrative/professional

2908

48.8

1481

23.5

 

33

1.1

1.00

 

27

1.8

1.00

 

Routine non-manual

906

15.2

3128

49.6

 

10

1.1

0.97

0.48–1.97

102

3.3

1.77

1.16–2.71

Manual

2010

33.7

1555

24.7

 

52

2.6

2.25

1.46–3.49

94

6.0

3.30

2.15–5.06

Working hours per week

    

0.000

        

≥37 hours

5174

86.8

2888

45.8

 

77

1.5

1.00

 

90

3.1

1.00

 

27-36 hours

549

9.2

1769

28.1

 

11

2.0

1.33

0.71–2.50

55

3.1

0.98

0.70–1.37

<27 hours

102

1.7

1463

23.2

 

5

4.9

3.38

1.37–8.37

78

5.3

1.69

1.25–2.29

Self-perceived mental health

    

0.000

        

Quartile 1 (good)

1626

27.3

1338

21.2

 

14

0.9

1.00

 

54

4.0

1.00

 

Quartile 2

1640

27.5

1636

25.9

 

14

0.9

0.99

0.47–2.09

47

2.9

0.71

0.48–1.04

Quartile 3

1351

22.7

1501

23.8

 

20

1.5

1.73

0.87–3.42

35

2.3

0.57

0.37–0.88

Quartile 4 (poorest)

1342

22.5

1831

29.0

 

51

3.8

4.50

2.49–8.14

94

5.1

1.28

0.91–1.79

Self-perceived physical health

    

0.000

        

Quartile 1 (good)

1530

25.7

1641

26.0

 

6

0.4

1.00

 

18

1.1

1.00

 

Quartile 2

1483

24.9

1478

23.4

 

7

0.5

1.20

0.40–3.56

21

1.4

1.28

0.68–2.40

Quartile 3

1669

28.0

1410

22.4

 

20

1.2

3.03

1.22–7.55

30

2.1

1.92

1.07–3.44

Quartile 4 (poorest)

1277

21.4

1777

28.2

 

66

5.2

13.37

5.80–30.84

161

9.1

8.59

5.28–13.99

  1. 2 for gender differences in distribution of participants.
  2. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) from univariate Cox regression analyses.