Associations of sickness absence and disability pension due to mental and somatic diagnoses when aged 60–64 with paid work after the standard retirement age; a prospective population-based cohort study in Sweden

Table 2 Percentages in paid work when aged 66–71 among those who were in paid work when aged 60–64

	All		Women		Men
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total in paid work	47,498	48.2	20,252	42.7	27,246	53.3
Sex
Women	20,252	42.7
Men	27,246	53.3
Country of birth
Sweden	43,852	48.4	18,567	42.6	25,285	53.8
Other Nordic country	1825	41.9	980	40.3	845	43.8
Other EU-27 country	927	50.8	371	44.8	556	55.8
Rest of the world^a	894	49.5	334	50.2	560	49.1
Type of living area
Large city¹	16,587	51.8	7516	47.4	9071	56.1
Medium-sized city	16,503	47.0	6911	40.9	9592	52.7
Small city/villages	14,408	45.9	5825	39.6	8583	51.4
Level of education
Elementary (≤9 years)^a	11,354	42.3	3746	34.1	7608	48.0
High school (10–12 years)	19,074	45.2	8237	39.3	10,837	51.2
University/College (≥13 years)	17,070	57.8	8269	53.4	8801	62.6
Family situation
Married or cohabiting without children^b	30,719	47.8	11,726	39.4	18,993	54.9
Married or cohabiting with children^b	635	72.7	29	82.9	606	72.3
Single without children^b	16,053	48.3	8482	48.0	7571	48.6
Single with children^b	91	70.5	15	88.2	76	67.9
SA when aged 60–64
No SA	31,986	50.6	12,555	44.7	19,431	55.4
Only mental SA	1318	40.5	849	38.8	469	43.9
Only somatic SA	13,227	44.2	6165	39.5	7062	49.4
Both mental and somatic SA	967	44.3	683	44.1	284	44.6
DP when aged 60–64
No DP	45,530	50.2	19,235	44.7	26,295	55.2
Only mental DP	431	27.2	272	26.2	159	29.0
Only somatic DP	1519	24.7	734	22.2	785	27.6
Both mental and somatic DP	18	20.9	x	x	x	x
SA and/or DP when aged 60–64
No SA nor DP	31,312	51.8	12,227	46.0	19,085	56.3
Only mental SA and/or DP	1473	39.0	948	37.5	525	41.9
Only somatic SA and/or DP	13,618	43.1	6317	38.3	7301	48.2
Both mental and somatic SA and/or DP	1095	41.1	760	40.9	335	41.6

Abbreviations: SA sickness absence, DP disability pension
x = less than 10 individuals in the category (if there are too few individuals for one sex, numbers are also withheld for the other sex in order to preserve anonymity)
^a including missing
^b children under the age of 18 living at home

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