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Table 2 Summary statistics for 2000, 2006, and 2011 unemployment cohorts (age 25–55), split by gender

From: Gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway 2000–2017: a register-based study of hospital admissions, health-related benefit utilisation, and mortality

 

2000 cohort

2006 cohort

2011 cohort

Males

Females

Males

Females

Males

Females

Outcomes

 Hospitalisation

16.35

15.00a

19.68

18.47a

19.03

19.88a

 Sick pay

25.96

35.23a

25.37

37.25a

22.22

32.55a

 Disability benefit

5.66

6.15a

3.74

4.17a

3.83

4.92a

 Mortality

1.62

0.62a

1.40

0.56a

1.04

0.43a

Covariates

 Age (in years)

37.29

37.16a

37.55

37.48

38.13

37.81a

 Married

32.40

46.64a

30.31

42.08a

34.18

40.36a

 Immigrant

14.25

11.15a

20.54

16.09a

32.61

25.30a

Education

High

14.88

17.81a

19.91

27.51a

17.06

30.70a

Medium

34.99

28.80a

33.59

32.99a

38.20

33.84a

Low

48.74

52.74a

43.13

37.10a

37.12

31.99a

N

75,252

60,533

43,641

46,602

81,228

53,557

  1. Outcomes were measured after six years (i.e., in 2007/2012/2017), with one exception: hospitalisation for the 2000 cohort (2008 first observational year)
  2. astatistically significant within-cohort gender difference (95% level)