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Table 2 Activities and sources of income among those long-term sickness absent 1995, 2000, and 2005

From: Activities and sources of income after a period of long-term sick leave - a population-based prospective cohort study

 

Starting 1995 (women n = 71 004; men, n = 54 401)

Starting 2000 (women, n = 129 161; men, n = 77 621)

Starting 2005 (women, n = 126 718; men, n = 72 518)

 

1996

1997

1998

2001

2002

2003

2006

2007

2008

Women

         

Employed

14.0

15.8

15.3

11.4

14.2

14.9

17.7

24.4

27.8

Old-age pensioners

0.9

2.5

4.2

0.8

2.4

4.4

1.0

3.0

5.5

Long-term unemployed

5.3

6.1

4.9

1.9

2.4

2.4

3.3

3.6

3.6

Disability pensioners

27.3

42.3

48.2

22.3

41.1

50.0

23.2

37.0

41.2

Persons on long-term sick leave

46.7

26.1

19.0

59.4

35.0

22.9

50.4

26.4

15.4

Persons on parental leave

1.9

1.3

1.1

1.4

1.1

1.0

1.6

1.5

1.4

Unemployed without welfare assistance

1.8

2.1

1.9

1.2

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.7

1.9

Social assistance recipients

0.3

0.5

0.5

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.3

Student allowance recipients

0.4

0.8

1.3

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.6

0.6

Deceased

1.3

2.2

2.9

0.9

1.6

2.2

0.8

1.4

1.9

Emigrated

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.3

Men

         

Employed

13.8

16.0

16.3

11.7

14.0

14.6

17.5

23.8

26.2

Old-age pensioners

1.1

3.0

4.9

1.0

3.2

5.8

1.5

4.3

7.5

Long-term unemployed

8.9

9.7

8.3

3.7

4.8

4.8

6.3

6.6

6.4

Disability pensioners

26.3

40.2

45.2

23.4

41.3

48.7

22.8

36.1

39.1

Persons on long-term sick leave

44.5

23.3

15.7

56.2

31.0

18.9

47.9

23.3

13.0

Persons on parental leave

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Unemployed without welfare assistance

2.3

2.6

2.6

1.8

1.7

2.0

1.8

2.1

2.5

Social assistance recipients

0.7

1.1

1.1

0.3

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.7

Student allowance recipients

0.3

0.5

0.9

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.3

Deceased

1.9

3.1

4.2

1.5

2.7

3.8

1.5

2.6

3.6

Emigrated

0.2

0.5

0.7

0.1

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.3

0.5

  1. By sex. 20-64 years old. Three different cohorts used with three different starting year.
  2. Due to the large number of participants, all differences exceeding a few tenths of a percent are significant on the 95% level; in cases with very low percentages, differences less than one tenth of a percent are significant.