Table 2 Differences in median weekly income, welfare payments and taxes between older workers with lost PLYs due to arthritis and those employed full time without arthritis (adjusted for age, sex and education), Australian population aged 45-64 years (in real 2013 Australian dollars)

 Employed full-time without arthritis

 Employed full-time with arthritis

−25.18

(−76.50,31.50)

−24.80

(−76.67,41.52)

−18.43

(−83.35,33.48)

− 27.61

(− 91.66,36.61)

 Employed part-time without arthritis

− 565.61*

(−597.42,-534.83)

− 609.04*

(− 645.23,-571.85)

− 652.58*

(− 687.79,-619.42)

− 698.11*

(− 726.50,-658.14)

 Employed part-time with arthritis

− 578.81*

(− 642.87,-521.67)

− 635.00*

(− 693.26,-553.52)

−652.09*

(− 738.18,-567.82)

− 684.46*

(− 744.36,-617.03)

 Not in labour force due to arthritis

− 706.12*

(−743.17,-606.23)

− 762.30*

(− 808.81,-664.20)

− 873.26*

(− 923.61,-815.25)

−970.96*

(−1034.92,-920.52)

 Employed full-time without arthritis

 Employed full-time with arthritis

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

 Employed part-time without arthritis

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

 Employed part-time with arthritis

0.00

(0,5.75)

0.00

(0,5.75)

0.00

(0,0)

0.00

(0,0)

 Not in labour force due to arthritis

311.67*

(310.99,413.50)

311.67*

(301.14,413.50)

311.67*

(311.67,413.50)

311.67*

(311.67,396.16)

 Employed full-time without arthritis

 Employed full-time with arthritis

−26.31*

(−44.46,-3.75)

− 22.73*

(− 46.68,-3.02)

−23.56

(−40.13,1.91)

−17.17

(−38.82,5.48)

 Employed part-time without arthritis

−158.54*

(− 166.71,-148.13)

−172.76*

(− 182.94,-161.71)

− 195.21*

(− 207.55,-185.22)

−208.60*

(− 221.35,-198.15)

 Employed part-time with arthritis

− 158.54*

(− 165.99,-145.28)

− 172.76*

(−182.76,-157.18)

− 184.50*

(−202.18,-163.50)

−193.13*

(− 215.50,-177.55)

 Not in labour force due to arthritis

−171.20*

(−188.20,-150.77)

− 180.64*

(−200.50,-164.44)

−210.77*

(−221.79,-190.51)

−234.80*

(−243.53,-205.48)