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Table 5 Odds ratios for SA and DP combined and being in paid work at 66–71

From: 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

Variable

 

All individuals

  

Crude OR [95% CI]

Adjusted2 OR [95% CI]

Sex

Women1

1

1

 

Men

1.54 [1.50, 1.57]***

1.54 [1.50, 1.58]***

Country of birth

Sweden1

1

1

 

Other Nordic country

0.77 [0.72, 0.82]***

0.82 [0.77, 0.88]***

 

Other EU-27 country

1.10 [1.00, 1.21]*

0.97 [0.88, 1.06]

 

Rest of the worlda

1.04 [0.95, 1.15]

0.88 [0.80, 0.97]*

Type of living area

Large city1

1

1

 

Medium-sized city

0.83 [0.80, 0.85]***

0.87 [0.84, 0.90]***

 

Small town/rural area

0.79 [0.76, 0.81]***

0.86 [0.83, 0.88]***

Level of education

Elementary (≤9 years)1,a

1

1

 

High school (10–12 years)

1.13 [1.09, 1.16]***

1.16 [1.12, 1.20]***

 

University/College (≥13 years)

1.87 [1.81, 1.93]***

1.91 [1.84, 1.97]***

Family situation

Married or cohabiting without children1,b

1

1

 

Married or cohabiting with childrenb

2.92 [2.51, 3.39]***

2.37 [2.03, 2.75]***

 

Single without childrenb

1.02 [1.00, 1.05]

1.08 [1.05, 1.11]***

 

Single with childrenb

2.62 [1.79, 3.83]***

2.24 [1.53, 3.30]***

SA and/or DP when

No SA nor DP1

1

1

aged 60–64

Only mental SA and/or DP

0.60 [0.56, 0.64]***

0.61 [0.57, 0.65]***

 

Only somatic SA and/or DP

0.71 [0.69, 0.73]***

0.76 [0.74, 0.78]***

 

Both mental and somatic SA and/or DP

0.65 [0.60, 0.71]***

0.70 [0.64, 0.76]***

  1. Abbreviations: SA sickness absence, DP disability pension, OR odds ratio, 95% CI confidence interval within 95%
  2. 1 reference category
  3. 2 mutually adjusted
  4. a including missing.
  5. b children under the age of 18 living at home.
  6. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  7. Model fit: The Omnibus Tests of Model Coefficients = 3826.55 (p < 0.000), Nagelkerke R Square = 0.05