Disability, Labour Market Participation and the Effect of Educational Level: Compared to What?

	Educational level	Non-disabled	Disabled	All
16–24 years	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	56,7%	53,6%	56,5%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	32,8%	35,1%	32,9%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	10,4%	11,3%	10,4%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	0,2%	0,0%	0,2%
	N(=100%)	2296	194	2490
25–34 years	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	19,0%	32,0%	20,1%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	32,0%	37,2%	32,4%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	33,5%	24,2%	32,7%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	15,5%	6,5%	14,7%
	N(=100%)	2417	231	2648
35–44 years	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	12,1%	28,5%	14,7%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	39,1%	42,7%	39,7%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	35,2%	24,6%	33,6%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	13,5%	4,2%	12,1%
	N(=100%)	2639	480	3119
45–54 years	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	17,6%	32,5%	20,2%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	48,4%	44,3%	47,7%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	25,0%	19,9%	24,1%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	9,0%	3,3%	8,0%
	N(=100%)	2554	542	3096
55–66 years	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	17,3%	25,5%	19,1%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	52,6%	53,7%	52,8%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	22,6%	16,8%	21,3%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	7,5%	4,0%	6,8%
	N(=100%)	2787	792	3579
All	Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	23,7%	31,0%	24,8%
	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	41,4%	45,7%	42,1%
	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	25,6%	19,5%	24,7%
	Tertiary, grad + postgrad (18+)	9,3%	3,8%	8,4%
	N(=100%)	12693	2239	14932

Labour force status by educational level and disability status. Source: EU-SILC 2014 Norway, Statistics Norway.

16–66 years		Compulsory (1–10 yrs)	Upper secondary (11–13 yrs)	Tertiary, undergrad. (14–17 yrs)	Tertiary, grad.+postgrad (18+)	All
Non-disabled	Inactive	24,7%	12,3%	6,8%	2,5%	12,9%
Non-disabled	Employed	67,3%	85,3%	91,0%	95,8%	83,5%
Unemployed	8,0%	2,4%	2,2%	1,7%	3,6%
	(N = 100%)	3011	5260	3246	1176	12693
Disabled	Inactive	52,1%	40,7%	27,5%	16,5%	40,7%
Disabled	Employed	41,1%	56,9%	68,9%	81,2%	55,3%
Unemployed	6,8%	2,3%	3,7%	2,4%	4,0%
	(N = 100%)	693	1024	437	85	2239
16–44 years
Non-disabled	Inactive	26,7%	10,6%	4,9%	1,2%	12,6%
Non-disabled	Employed	63,0%	85,8%	92,0%	96,7%	82,1%
Unemployed	10,3%	3,6%	3,2%	2,0%	5,2%
	(N = 100%)	2081	2558	1977	736	7352
Disabled	Inactive	42,9%	27,9%	19,9%	0,0%	30,3%
Disabled	Employed	47,3%	68,8%	76,0%	94,3%	63,9%
Unemployed	9,8%	3,3%	4,1%	5,7%	5,9%
	(N = 100%)	315	359	196	35	905
45–66 years
Non-disabled	Inactive	20,2%	14,0%	9,9%	4,5%	13,3%
Non-disabled	Employed	76,8%	84,8%	89,5%	94,3%	85,3%
Unemployed	3,0%	1,2%	0,6%	1,1%	1,4%
	(N = 100%)	930	2702	1269	440	5341
Disabled	Inactive	59,8%	47,7%	33,6%	28,0%	47,8%
Disabled	Employed	36,0%	50,5%	63,1%	72,0%	49,5%
Unemployed	4,2%	1,8%	3,3%	0,0%	2,7%
	(N = 100%)	378	665	241	50	1334

Increase in the employment rate by educational level and disability status. Source: EU-SILC 2014 Norway, Statistics Norway.

	16–44 years			45–66 years
	Upper sec.	Tertiary undergrad		Upper sec.	Tertiary undergrad
	vs	vs		vs	vs
	Compulsory	Compulsory	Upper sec.	Compulsory	Compulsory	Upper sec.
Per cent differences (percentage points):
Non-disabled	22,8%	28,9%	6,1%	8,1%	12,7%	4,7%
Disabled	21,5%	28,7%	7,2%	14,5%	27,1%	12,5%
Disabled compared to non-disabled:	0,9	1,0	1,2	1,8	2,1	2,7
Comparison 1: %-diff as proportional improvement from lower educational level:
Non-disabled	0,36	0,46	0,07	0,10	0,17	0,06
Disabled	0,45	0,61	0,10	0,40	0,75	0,25
Disabled compared to non-disabled:	1,3	1,3	1,5	3,9	4,5	4,5
Comparison 2: employment rate as proportional improvement from lower educational level:
Non-disabled	1,36	1,46	1,07	1,10	1,17	1,06
Disabled	1,45	1,61	1,10	1,40	1,75	1,25
Disabled compared to non-disabled:	1,1	1,1	1,0	1,3	1,5	1,2
Comparison 3: %-diff as proportional realisation of potential for «full employment» (100%):
Non-disabled	0,62	0,78	0,43	0,35	0,55	0,31
Disabled	0,41	0,54	0,23	0,23	0,42	0,25
Disabled compared to non-disabled:	0,7	0,7	0,5	0,7	0,8	0,8