Table 1 Summary statistics for employed and unemployed cohorts (age 25–55) in 2000, 2006, and 2011

Outcomes

 Hospitalisation

13.00

15.75^a

15.47

19.05^a

16.51

19.37^a

 Sick pay

28.57

30.09^a

28.21

31.51^a

26.73

26.33^a

 Disability benefit

3.50

5.88^a

2.05

3.96^a

1.95

4.26^a

 Mortality

0.81

1.17^a

0.67

0.96^a

0.57

0.80^a

Covariates

 Woman

40.63

44.58^a

42.13

51.64^a

43.93

39.74^a

 Age (in years)

40.15

37.23^a

40.57

37.52^a

40.86

38.00^a

 Married

54.49

38.75^a

50.28

36.39^a

48.39

36.64^a

 Immigrant

6.38

12.87^a

8.36

18.24^a

12.48

29.71^a

Education

 High

35.22

16.19^a

39.87

23.83^a

44.29

22.48^a

 Medium

30.91

32.23^a

34.59

33.28^a

35.65

36.47^a

 Low

34.46

50.53^a

24.65

40.02^a

18.62

35.08^a

N

1,284,679

135,785

1,306,814

90,243

1,355,186

134,785