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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for respondents aged 18–39 by full DP (weighted %)

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

 

All (N = 5196)

Non-DP recipients (n = 5004)

Full-DP recipients (n = 192)

P-value*

Sex

 Female

54.80

55.08

47.60

0.075

 Male

45.20

44.92

52.40

 

Working partner in household

 Yes

41.11

42.00

(17.85)

< 0.001

 No

58.89

58.00

82.15

 

Child aged 0–14 years in household

 Yes

28.43

28.85

(15.17)

< 0.001

 No

71.66

71.15

84.83

 

Country of birth

 Outside of Switzerland

26.06

26.38

(17.02)

0.004

 Switzerland

73.96

73.62

82.98

 

Mean age [standard deviation]

 

29.41

[6.27]

29.38

[6.28]

30.00

[5.98]

< 0.001**

Highest degree attained

 Upper secondary or tertiary

83.65

84.55

60.00

< 0.001

 Lower secondary

16.35

15.45

40.00

 

Income during 4 years prior to interview

 Yes

72.05

73.10

44.65

< 0.001

 No

27.95

26.90

55.35

 

Chronic illness

 No

34.85

35.80

(10.18)

< 0.001

 Yes

65.15

65.20

89.82

 

Long-term activity limitation

 Limited but not severely

89.38

90.47

61.11

< 0.001

 Severely limited

10.62

9.53

38.89

 

Time period

 2012–2015

83.76

84.60

61.89

< 0.001

 2010–2011

16.24

15.40

38.11

 

Learnt occupation

 Not applicable

27.63

26.18

61.38

< 0.001

 Agriculture

2.03

2.02

(2.11)

 

 Manufacturing

8.16

8.04

(7.41)

 

 Technical activities and ICT

7.49

7.81

X

 

 Construction and mining

5.04

5.21

X

 

 Trade and transport

9.74

9.87

(5.16)

 

 Personal services

5.08

5.16

(3.85)

 

 Business and administration

10.32

10.34

(9.56)

 

 Health, education, culture, and science

20.38

21.14

(5.18)

 

 Not classifiable

4.12

4.23

X

 

Marital status

 Married or in registered partnership

30.78

31.38

(15.28)

0.002

 Single

69.22

68.62

84.72

 
  1. Source: SESAM, FSO. *P-values based on Pearson’s chi-square tests. **z-value based on Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. Full-DP recipients  received a full 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. X: Extrapolation based on less than five observations. The results cannot be published for data protection reasons