Table 1 Individuals and labour market region composition by health and education levels
From: The chronically ill in the labour market – are they hierarchically sorted by education?
Variable | Healthy workers [10% of all healthy population age between 24–60] (N = 2, 443, 636) | Chronically ill workers [workers with 15 common chronic conditions and age between 24–60] (N = 361,055) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Educated (n = 502,452) | Medium Educated (n = 981,739) | Higher Educated (n = 959,445) | Lower Educated (n = 110,716) | Medium Educated (n = 158,637) | Higher Educated (n = 91,702) | |
Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | Percentage/ Mean (Std. Dev.) | |
Employment rate | 72.9(44.5) | 88.6(31.8) | 92.9(25.7) | 55.0(49.7) | 76.2(42.5) | 86.9(33.8) |
Male | 54.2 (49.8) | 58.2 (49.3) | 44.8 (49.7) | 51.0 (50.0) | 55.5 (49.7) | 41.2 (49.2) |
Age (in years) | 41.7 (10.8) | 43.0 (10.4) | 40.6 (10.1) | 47.9 (9.52) | 48.9 (8.95) | 47.2 (9.35) |
Married | 38.5 (48.7) | 45.5 (49.8) | 46.6 (49.9) | 40.0 (50.0) | 49.4 (50.0) | 53.7 (49.9) |
Unmarried | 44.4 (49.7) | 40.3 (49.1) | 42.4 (49.4) | 34.0 (47.4) | 28.6 (45.2) | 28.8 (45.2) |
Divorced/separated/others | 15.3 (36.0) | 13.4 (34.1) | 09.4 (29.2) | 25.7 (43.7) | 21.8 (41.3) | 17.3 (37.8) |
Native Norwegian & Nordic | 75.3 (43.1) | 88.4 (32.0) | 84.5 (36.2) | 86.5 (34.2) | 92.1 (26.9) | 87.8 (32.7) |
Europe/North America/Australia | 8.60 (28.0) | 7.20 (25.8) | 9.10 (28.7) | 4.13 (19.9) | 4.13 (19.9) | 6.10 (23.9) |
Asia/Africa/South America | 16.1 (36.8) | 04.4 (20.5) | 6.40 (24.5) | 9.39 (29.2) | 3.72 (18.9) | 6.01 (23.9) |
Labour market regional unemployment | 2.09 (0.54) | 2.05 (0.55) | 2.09 (0.55) | 2.11 (0.52) | 2.07 (0.53) | 2.10 (0.53) |
Composition of specific chronic patients | Lower Educated | Medium Educated | Higher Educated | |||
Cancer | 12.3 (32.8) | 16.7 (37.3) | 23.9 (42.6) | |||
Cardiovascular | 27.8 (44.8) | 30.0 (45.8) | 25.6 (43.7) | |||
Diabetes | 8.30 (27.6) | 6.10 (24.0) | 5.06 (21.9) | |||
Mental illness | 02.0 (13.9) | 1.14 (10.6) | 1.09 (10.4) | |||
Musculoskeletal conditions | 40.6 (49.1) | 40.6 (49.1) | 39.8 (48.9) | |||
Respiratory conditions | 9.01 (28.7) | 5.55 (22.9) | 4.50 (20.8) | |||