Table 2 Distribution of sociodemographic and job-related characteristics in each of the 4 trajectories of white-collar workers in the trade and retail industry 2012 with different patterns of sickness absence (SA)/disability pension (DP) days/year over 2012–2016 identified by group-based trajectory modelling

Total

73.21

23.90

1.30

1.59

Sex

 Women

63.39

32.25

1.87

2.49

 Men

81.09

17.20

0.84

0.86

Age

 18–24 years

77.82

21.13

0.74

0.31

 25–34 years

73.13

25.23

1.06

0.58

 35–44 years

74.82

22.65

1.29

1.24

 45–54 years

72.75

23.64

1.49

2.12

 55–64 years

68.72

26.42

1.58

3.28

 65–67 years

82.40

17.52

0.04

0.04

Type of living area

 Large city

74.16

23.52

1.18

1.15

 Medium-sized town

73.14

23.77

1.32

1.78

 Small town or rural

70.41

25.36

1.63

2.60

Education (years)

 Elementary (0–9 years)

68.48

26.81

1.79

2.92

 High school (10–12 years)

71.53

25.21

1.42

1.83

 College/university (> 12 years)

76.26

21.67

1.04

1.03

Birth country

 Sweden

73.52

23.66

1.26

1.57

 Other Nordic country

69.84

26.14

1.75

2.27

 Other EU25

73.34

23.43

1.73

1.49

 Rest of the world

68.64

27.96

1.70

1.70

Family situation

 Married/partner without children

70.73

25.18

1.36

2.73

 Married/partner with children

74.79

22.88

1.16

1.17

 Single without children

73.9

23.26

1.29

1.55

 Single with children

62.49

32.47

2.34

2.70

Demands/control

 High demands/high control

78.84

19.41

0.94

0.80

 High demands/medium control

71.01

25.89

1.49

1.61

 High demands/low control

73.72

23.83

1.22

1.23

 Medium demands/high control

80.46

17.89

0.87

0.78

 Medium demands/medium control

75.41

22.08

1.13

1.37

 Medium demands/low control

64.61

30.77

1.93

2.70

 Low demands/high control

79.90

18.34

0.89

0.87

 Low demands/medium control

73.72

23.83

1.22

1.23

 Low demands/low control

67.53

28.60

1.55

2.32

Changed branch of industry in 2016

 Construction (n = 2337)

70.73

26.66

0.98

1.63

 Hospitality (n = 896)

65.85

29.58

2.01

2.57

 Manufacturing (n = 9274)

76.28

22.01

0.79

0.93

 Unknown (n = 10,676)

65.31

23.03

4.76

6.89

 Services (n = 24,103)

73.02

24.70

1.11

1.17

 Transport (n = 1217)

69.76

27.61

0.90

1.73

 Care and education (n = 6252)

57.31

38.10

1.92

2.67

 Trade and retail (n = 134,566)

74.52

23.18

1.07

1.23

Changed sector in 2016

 Municipal (n = 3880)

58.02

37.50

2.27

2.22

 Region (n = 1146)

59.25

37.70

1.48

1.57

 State (n = 5717)

63.11

33.69

1.50

1.70

 Other (n = 3477)

69.51

26.17

1.84

2.47

 Private sector (n = 158,476)

74.96

22.95

1.00

1.09

Change of occupation

 Change within occupational category or no change (n = 93,999)

73.65

22.93

1.43

1.98

 Change of occupational category within the same major occupational group (n = 43,372)

73.71

24.10

1.04

1.15

 Change to a higher major occupational group (e.g. from 2 to 1) (n = 19,568)

76.82

21.55

0.87

0.76

 Change to a lower major occupational group (e.g. from 1 to 2) (n = 32,382)

69.10

27.87

1.50

1.53

Size of workplace

 1–9 employees

71.56

24.28

1.60

2.56

 10–49 employees

73.58

23.63

1.32

1.47

 50–99 employees

73.88

24.18

0.97

0.97

 100–499 employees

74.25

23.69

1.08

0.98

 500 + employees

74.25

24.05

0.98

0.72