Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for respondents aged 18–39 by DP (weighted %)

From: Disability pension receipt in young adults: an analysis of the Swiss Social protection and labour market (SESAM) data

 

All (N = 5306)

Non-DP recipients (n = 5004)

DP recipients (n = 302)

P-value*

Sex

 Female

54.89

55.08

51.66

0.316

 Male

45.11

44.92

48.34

 

Working partner in household

 Yes

41.17

42.00

26.93

< 0.001

 No

58.83

58.00

73.07

 

Child aged 0–14 years in household

 Yes

28.45

28.85

21.71

0.011

 No

71.55

71.15

78.29

 

Country of birth

 Outside of Switzerland

25.90

26.38

17.61

0.001

 Switzerland

74.10

73.62

82.39

 

Mean age [standard deviation]

 

29.48

[6.27]

29.38

[6.28]

31.16

[5.81]

< 0.001**

Highest degree attained

 Upper secondary or tertiary

83.55

84.55

66.42

< 0.001

 Lower secondary

16.45

15.45

33.58

 

Income during 4 years prior to interview

 Yes

71.87

73.10

50.92

< 0.001

 No

28.13

26.90

49.08

 

Chronic illness

 No

34.29

35.80

(8.59)

< 0.001

 Yes

65.71

65.20

91.41

 

Long-term activity limitation

 Limited but not severely

89.02

90.47

64.39

< 0.001

 Severely limited

10.97

9.53

35.61

 

Time period

 2012–2015

83.54

84.60

65.34

< 0.001

 2010–2011

16.46

15.40

34.66

 

Learnt occupation

 Not applicable

27.63

26.18

52.36

< 0.001

 Agriculture

2.03

2.02

(2.26)

 

 Manufacturing

8.16

8.04

(10.13)

 

 Technical activities and ICT

7.49

7.81

(2.15)

 

 Construction and mining

5.04

5.21

(2.17)

 

 Trade and transport

9.74

9.87

(7.60)

 

 Personal services

5.08

5.16

(3.85)

 

 Business and administration

10.32

10.34

(9.88)

 

 Health, education, culture, and science

20.38

21.14

(7.40)

 

 Not classifiable

4.12

4.23

(2.21)

 

Marital status

 Married or in registered partnership

30.89

31.38

22.54

0.002

 Single

69.11

68.62

77.46

 
  1. Source: SESAM, FSO. *P-values based on Pearson’s chi-square tests. **z-value based on Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. DP recipients received a DP in the survey participation year and were not DP recipients 12 months preceding their survey participation. Non-DP recipients did not receive a DP in the survey participation year; were in paid employed in the survey participation year; and were not DP recipients 12 months preceding their survey participation. Figures in brackets: Extrapolation based on less than 50 observations. The results should be interpreted with great caution