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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for respondents aged 25–39 by DP (weighted %)

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

 

All (N = 4170)

Non-DP recipients (n = 3906)

DP recipients (n = 264)

P-value*

Sex

 Female

54.58

54.60

54.31

0.935

 Male

45.42

45.40

45.69

 

Working partner in household

 Yes

51.73

53.03

32.06

< 0.001

 No

48.27

46.97

67.94

 

Child aged 0–14 years in household

 Yes

37.59

38.37

25.80

< 0.001

 No

62.41

61.63

74.20

 

Country of birth

 Outside of Switzerland

28.61

29.34

17.62

< 0.001

 Switzerland

71.39

70.66

82.38

 

Mean age [standard deviation]

 

32.41

[4.28]

32.37

[4.28]

33.06

[4.24]

0.068**

Highest degree attained

 Upper secondary or tertiary

89.48

90.57

73.07

< 0.001

 Lower secondary

10.52

9.43

26.93

 

Income during 4 years prior to interview

 Yes

83.06

85.02

53.50

< 0.001

 No

16.94

14.98

46.50

 

Chronic illness

 No

33.43

35.07

(8.63)

< 0.001

 Yes

66.57

64.93

91.37

 

Long-term activity limitation

 Limited but not severely

88.56

89.96

67.46

< 0.001

  Severely limited

11.44

10.04

32.54

 

Time period

 2012–2015

82.99

84.14

65.65

< 0.001

 2010–2011

17.01

15.86

34.35

 

Learnt occupation

 Not applicable

20.01

18.28

46.23

< 0.001

 Agriculture

2.31

2.32

(2.07)

 

 Manufacturing

8.73

8.64

(10.18)

 

 Technical activities and ICT

9.36

9.81

(2.57)

 

 Construction and mining

4.65

4.78

(2.60)

 

 Trade and transport

10.22

10.34

(8.52)

 

 Personal services

5.03

5.06

(4.61)

 

 Business and administration

11.66

11.65

(11.86)

 

 Health, education, culture, and science

24.47

25.5

(8.88)

 

 Not classifiable

3.56

3.63

(2.47)

 

Marital status

 Married or in registered partnership

40.14

41.02

26.79

0.002

 Single

59.86

58.98

73.21

 
  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