Trends in poverty risks among people with and without limiting-longstanding illness by employment status in Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom during the current economic recession – a comparative study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the three health/employment categories, by country and year

	% 45-64 yrs	% women	% low educational level	% at-risk-of-poverty	Total N
Sweden 2005
Non-employed with LLSI	70.7^ab	58.0^b	28.1^b	12.1^ab	362
Employed with LLSI	59.2	55.8	15.0	4.2	448
Healthy employed	47.5	47.6	10.5	4.4	2 791
Sweden 2010
Non-employed with LLSI	74.6^ab	63.6^b	24.6^ab	23.3^ab	236
Employed with LLSI	62.5	63.7	10.7	6.7	355
Healthy employed	49.0	49.2	8.3	6.3	3 438
Denmark 2005
Non-employed with LLSI	73.0^ab	66.7^b	39.2^b	9.7^ab	237
Employed with LLSI	56.1	63.0	21.2	5.2	289
Healthy employed	47.6	47.8	16.6	2.9	3 175
Denmark 2010
Non-employed with LLSI	71.9^ab	63.9^b	37.4^ab	13.3^ab	263
Employed with LLSI	62.8	56.2	16.9	5.9	306
Healthy employed	56.0	51.6	13.6	4.6	2 797
UK 2005
Non-employed with LLSI	72.8^ab	58.0^ab	46.1^ab	36.7^ab	1 278
Employed with LLSI	56.2	51.0	15.4	10.4	1 030
Healthy employed	44.4	48.6	13.9	6.6	7 909
UK 2010
Non-employed with LLSI	75.8^ab	56.7^ab	40.2^ab	33.8^ab	950
Employed with LLSI	64.6	54.1		7.9	695
Healthy employed	50.7	48.6	11.5	6.9	6 112

^aStatistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between non-employed people with LLSI and employed people with LLSI.
^bStatistically significant difference (p < 0.05) between non-employed people with LLSI and healthy employed people.

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