Research Article
The Impact of Diagnosis on Job Retention: A Danish Registry-Based Cohort Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of study participants.
| | Diagnosis | Study group 1 | Study group 2 | Total | | Rheumatoid arthritis | Spine disorders | Ischemic heart disease | Functional disorders | | = 10,120 | | | = 72,629 | | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Gender | | | | | | | Female | 251 (76) | 5887 (58) | 717 (33) | 1327 (75) | 44,182 (61) | | Male | 78 (24) | 4233 (42) | 1462 (67) | 438 (25) | 28,447 (39) | | Age at t0, mean (SD) | 47.7 (8) | 46.4 (8) | 52.7 (6) | 41.2 (9) | 46.4 (10) | | Education | | | | | | | Primary school | 99 (30) | 3491 (35) | 732 (34) | 569 (33) | 26,212 (37) | | Supplementary primary school | 12 (4) | 248 (3) | 54 (3) | 80 (5) | 2490 (4) | | Short-term education | 155 (47) | 4984 (50) | 1054 (50) | 853 (49) | 31,911 (45) | | Medium-term education | 55 (17) | 1046 (11) | 241 (11) | 205 (12) | 9031 (13) | | Long-term education | 6 (2) | 125 (1) | 45 (2) | 26 (2) | 1470 (2) | | Marital status | | | | | | | Single | 83 (26) | 2497 (25) | 532 (25) | 485 (28) | 22,818 (33) | | Cohabitating/married | 242 (75) | 7410 (75) | 1602 (75) | 1245 (72) | 47,142 (67) | | Children living at home | | | | | | | Home-dwelling children | 140 (43) | 4515 (46) | 551 (26) | 962 (56) | 27,290 (39) | | No home-dwelling children | 185 (57) | 5392 (54) | 1583 (74) | 768 (44) | 42,670 (61) | | Region | | | | | | | Capital | 72 (22) | 1862 (18) | 514 (24) | 403 (23) | 14,447 (20) | | Zealand | 67 (20) | 1331 (13) | 341 (16) | 319 (18) | 10,872 (15) | | Southern Denmark | 57 (17) | 2865 (28) | 529 (24) | 303 (17) | 18,730 (26) | | Central Jutland | 97 (30) | 2587 (26) | 564 (26) | 497 (28) | 19,989 (28) | | Northern Jutland | 36 (11) | 1475 (15) | 230 (11) | 243 (14) | 8582 (12) | | Ethnic background | | | | | | | Danish | 314 (95) | 9285 (92) | 2000 (92) | 1637 (93) | 67,123 (92) | | Non-Danish | 15 (5) | 835 (8) | 179 (8) | 128 (7) | 5506 (8) | | Employment status | | | | | | | Flex job holders | 239 (73) | 6303 (62) | 1559 (72) | 1085 (62) | 48,151 (66) | | Unemployment benefit recipients | 90 (27) | 3817 (38) | 620 (29) | 680 (39) | 24,478 (34) |
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