Table 1
List of analyzed policy documents.
| NR. | DATE, NUMBER OF WORDS | DOCUMENT | TYPE OF DOCUMENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3rd of October 2001, 1,549 words | White Paper No. 1 Supplement No. 1 (2001–2002): Intentional Agreement on an Inclusive Working Life – Budgetary Consequences, etc. | A web article (HTML) presenting a Norwegian parliamentary budget attachment. |
| 2. | 14th of December 2005 (attachment 6th of June 2006, 6th of November 2006, 15th of May 2007), 4,147 words | Letter of Intent regarding a more inclusive working life 2006- | The second agreement and the first renegotiated version. One primary document (available on regjeringen.no, in a picture-scanned version) and several attachments (in a readable PDF format). |
| 3. | 24th of February 2010, 1,806 words | Letter of Intent regarding a more inclusive working life, 1st of March 2010–31st of December 2013 (The IA Agreement) | The third IA agreement and second negotiated version (readable PDF regjeringen.no). |
| 4. | 4th of March 2014, 2,951 words | Letter of Intent regarding a more inclusive working life 4 March 2014–31 December 2018 (the IA Agreement) | The fourth signed agreement (A picture-scanned version, regjeringen.no) |
| 5. | 18th of December 2018, 2,706 words | Letter of Intent regarding a more inclusive working life: A working life with room for everyone, 1 January 2019–31 December 2022 | The fifth signed agreement (PDF at regjeringen.no) |
| 6. | 20th of June 2018, 2,199 words | Circular – Text to be included in supplementary Allocation letter for 2018– the inclusion effort and the 5% target. | Circular. Not a signed agreement. |
| 7. | 2nd of November 2022, 219 words | Protocol Extension of IA Agreement, 2 November 2022 | A short protocol prolonging the existing Agreement until 2024. |
| 8. | 12th of February 2024, 1,875 words | Agreement on Reduced Sickness Absence and Workforce Dropout (IA Agreement) 2025–2028 | The sixth signed agreement (PDF at regjeringen.no). |
Figure 1
Visualization of the analytical process.
Figure 2
Frequency of five key themes across eight IA Agreement Documents (2001–2025). The figure shows absolute counts of coded mentions per theme: Inclusive Working Life, IA Agreement, Inclusion of Persons with disabilities, Non-inclusion, and Sick Leave.
Figure 3
Closer look at occurrence of non-inclusion codes over time.
Figure 4
Understanding inclusion through orders of worth.