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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of men and women related to unemployment, employment, permanent work disability, family leaves and education during five-year follow-up at 25 to 29 years, and latent class clusters and multisite musculoskeletal pain at 16 years

From: Accumulated unhealthy behaviors and psychosocial problems in adolescence are associated with labor market exclusion in early adulthood – a northern Finland birth cohort 1986 study

 

MEN

N (%)

WOMEN

N (%)

P value

(x2)

Unemployment*

  

< 0.001

 No unemployment

1810 (55)

1830 (50)

 

 Under one year

799 (24)

999 (28)

 

 1 to 2 years

299 (9)

400 (11)

 

 2 to 3 years

186 (6)

241 (7)

 

 3 to 4 years

131 (4)

111 (3)

 

 4 to 5 years

81 (2)

45 (1)

 

Employment*

  

< 0.001

 No employment

151 (5)

201 (6)

 

 Under one year

204 (6)

298 (8)

 

 1 to 2 years

208 (6)

352 (10)

 

 2 to 3 years

248 (8)

441 (12)

 

 3 to 4 years

423 (13)

523 (14)

 

 4 to 5 years

2072 (62)

1811 (50)

 

Family leaves*

  

< 0.001

 Yes

902 (27)

1757 (48)

 

 No

2404 (73)

1869 (52)

 

Permanent work disability

  

0.532

 Yes

37 (1)

35 (1)

 

 No

3306 (99)

3626 (99)

 

Highest education

  

< 0.001

 Compulsory

260 (8)

146 (4)

 

 Secondary

1862 (56)

1607 (44)

 

 Tertiary

1221 (37)

1908 (52)

 

Socioeconomic status of childhood family**

  

0.730

 Higher clerical employees

242 (7)

240 (7)

 

 Self-employed

575 (17)

630 (17)

 

 Lower clerical employees

501 (15)

539 (15)

 

 Workers

1333 (40)

1459 (40)

 

 Students, pensioners, unemployed or unknown

692 (21)

793 (22)

 

MMSP at 16**

  

< 0.001

 No pain or one pain-site

1862 (57)

1300 (36)

 

 Two or more pain sites

1392 (43)

2296 (64)

 

Clusters**

  

< 0.001

 Cluster 1

472 (14)

540 (15)

 

 Cluster 2

886 (27)

425 (12)

 

 Cluster 3

258 (8)

239 (7)

 

 Cluster 4

1686 (51)

2386 (66)

 
  1. *those with disability days are not included
  2. **questionnaire-based information
  3. MMSP = multisite musculoskeletal pain