Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the random working population sample and the sick-listed sample (n = 5807), for women and men, respectively
Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 3547 | n = 2260 | |||||
Sick-listed sample | Pearson’s Chi square1 | Random working population sample | Sick-listed sample | Pearson’s Chi square1 | Random working population sample | |
n = 2022 | n = 1525 | n = 1022 | n = 1238 | |||
Chisq. | Chisq. | |||||
% (n) | Value | % (n) | % (n) | Value | % (n) | |
Years old | ||||||
19 – 30 | 10 (208) | 23.91* | 15 (224) | 12 (125) | 47.75* | 17 (215) |
31 – 50 | 47 (953) | 49 (751) | 40 (412) | 49 (610) | ||
51 – 64 | 43 (861) | 36 (550) | 48 (485) | 34 (413) | ||
Land of birth | ||||||
Nordic countries | 92 (1857) | 3.23 | 93 (1425) | 88 (896) | 7.10* | 91 (1128) |
Other | 8 (165) | 7 (100) | 12 (126) | 9 (110) | ||
Socioeconomic position | ||||||
Higher non-manual | 11 (227) | 86.89* | 16 (234) | 11 (106) | 101.23* | 21(257) |
Intermediate non-manual | 27 (550) | 30 (447) | 16 (158) | 24 (290) | ||
Lower non-manual | 15 (291) | 18 (265) | 7 (67) | 9 (290) | ||
Skilled manual | 21 (425) | 17 (252) | 29 (288) | 21 (249) | ||
Non-skilled manual | 26 (511) | 20 (303) | 38 (383) | 26 (312) | ||
Employer | ||||||
Private/self-employed | 30 (567) | 36.52* | 40 (576) | 71 (672) | 3.20 | 73 (856) |
Public | 70 (1332) | 60 (855) | 29 (269) | 27 (317) | ||
Physical and mental symptoms | ||||||
Very low level | 11 (202) | 171.75* | 21 (288) | 23 (215) | 109.94* | 34 (365) |
Low level | 19 (348) | 27 (373) | 22 (207) | 30 (326) | ||
High level | 29 (552) | 30 (415) | 26 (243) | 24 (267) | ||
Very high level | 41 (763) | 22 (294) | 29 (272) | 12 (127) | ||
Mental well-being | ||||||
Very good | 18 (325) | 82.28* | 25 (363) | 23 (212) | 77.57* | 30 (345) |
Good | 25 (461) | 32 (458) | 24 (218) | 35 (407) | ||
Low | 26 (477) | 24 (341) | 27 (247) | 22 (258) | ||
Very low | 31 (564) | 19 (269) | 26 (241) | 13 (158) | ||
Job strain | ||||||
Low | 80 (1613) | 47.63* | 88 (1349) | 83 (844) | 45.27* | 92 (1138) |
High | 20 (409) | 12 (176) | 17 (178) | 8 (100) | ||
Heavy lifting | ||||||
No, never/almost never | 23 (459) | 75.36* | 32 (483) | 16 (164) | 107.51* | 31 (383) |
No, seldom | 19 (387) | 24 (354) | 18 (178) | 23 (276) | ||
Yes, sometimes | 25 (491) | 23 (350) | 29 (288) | 25 (312) | ||
Yes, frequently | 33 (656) | 21 (320) | 37 (367) | 21 (255) | ||
Awkward working postures | ||||||
No, never/almost never | 20 (397) | 90.79* | 27 (412) | 16 (153) | 115.49* | 31 (374) |
No, seldom | 19 (384) | 25 (376) | 19 (191) | 24 (300) | ||
Yes, sometimes | 27 (531) | 27 (413) | 28 (279) | 24 (296) | ||
Yes, frequently | 34 (673) | 20 (303) | 37 (371) | 21 (256) | ||