Characteristics of individuals receiving disability benefits in the Netherlands and predictors of leaving the disability benefit scheme: a retrospective cohort study with five-year follow-up

Table 8 Relation between main diagnosis for work disability and socio-demographic characteristics

Main diagnosis^a	Independent variables	Coefficient	Standard error	Z statistic	p-value	Relative risk ratio
Musculoskeletal	Intercept	-2.484	0.074	−33.47	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	0.095	0.031	3.10	0.002	1.10
	Age	0.055	0.001	37.17	0.000	1.06
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	−0.379	0.039	−10.27	0.000	0.68
	High	−1.293	0.057	−22.59	0.000	0.27
	Unknown	−1.820	0.072	−25.41	0.000	0.16
Nervous system	Intercept	-3.135	0.104	−30.15	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	−0.018	0.043	−0.43	0.666	0.98
	Age	0.037	0.002	28.23	0.000	1.04
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.284	0.053	5.37	0.000	1.33
	High	0.260	0.063	4.11	0.000	1.30
	Unknown	0.447	0.062	7.21	0.000	1.56
Cardiovascular system	Intercept	-6.185	0.141	−43.97	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	−0.518	0.046	−11.17	0.000	0.60
	Age	0.106	0.003	40.37	0.000	1.11
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.014	0.056	0.25	0.805	1.01
	High	−0.395	0.074	−5.33	0.000	0.67
	Unknown	−0.001	0.066	−0.02	0.985	1.00
Cancer	Intercept	−6.615	0.144	−45.87	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	0.775	0.049	15.92	0.000	2.17
	Age	0.091	0.003	34.93	0.000	1.10
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.257	0.064	4.00	0.000	1.29
	High	0.096	0.077	1.28	0.200	1.10
	Unknown	1.396	0.059	23.52	0.000	4.04
Other	Intercept	−3.303	0.093	−35.48	0.000
	Gender
	Male	1.00 (ref)
	Female	0.061	0.037	1.63	0.103	1.06
	Age	0.051	0.002	28.23	0.000	1.05
	Educational level
	Low	1.00 (ref)
	Secondary	0.107	0.045	2.36	0.018	1.11
	High	−0.197	0.059	−3.36	0.000	0.82
	Unknown	0.035	0.057	0.61	0.543	1.04

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