Factors Associated with Occupational Disability Classification

	Job seekers with disabilities		Job seekers without disabilities
Registration year	N	Fraction	N	Fraction
2003	37,853	5.7	629,326	94.3
2004	41,906	6.2	630,161	93.8
2005	42,009	6.7	580,809	93.3
2006	35,432	6.8	488,069	93.2
2007	31,682	8.0	361,902	92.0
2008	31,278	7.9	365,813	92.1
2003–2008	220,160	6.7	3,056,080	93.3

Table 2

The number and percentages of the registered jobseekers that had received a certain disability code.

Disability code	N	Fraction
Code 11: Cardio, vascular, and/or lung disease	5,152	2.3
Code 20: Hearing impairment and deafness	6,818	3.1
Code 30: Visual impairment	2,817	1.3
Code 40: Motor disability	84,680	38.5
Code 51: Other somatically related disabilities	22,672	10.3
Code 61: Mental disability	39,364	17.9
Code 71: Learning disability	7,731	3.5
Code 81: Socio-medical disability	31,874	14.5
Code 91: Asthma, allergy, and hypersensitivity	5,242	2.4
Code 92: Dyslexia and specific learning difficulties	12,362	5.6
Code 93: Acquired brain injury	1,448	0.7

Table 3

Descriptive statistics.

Variable	N	Fraction
Sex
Female	1,624,767	49.6
Male	1,651,473	50.4
Age
18–24 years	697,383	21.3
25–29 years	628,318	19.2
30–34 years	488,190	14.9
35–39 years	408,910	12.5
40–44 years	340,707	10.4
45–49 years	249,368	7.6
50–54 years	190,724	5.8
55–59 years	161,689	4.9
60–64 years	110,951	3.4
Nativity
Native born	2,485,209	75.9
Foreign born	791,031	24.1
Marital status
Never- married	1948,249	59.5
Married	956,789	29.2
Divorced	352,160	10.7
Widowed	19,042	0.6
Having children ages
0–6 years	698,735	21.3
7–17 years	773,798	23.6
Education
Unknown	17,467	0.5
Compulsory school	613,623	18.7
Upper secondary school	1,720,948	52.5
University studies	924,202	28.2
DI receiver^a	81,908	2.5
SB receiver^a	941,875	28.8
Earnings (in 1,000 SEK)^b
0	311,280	9.5
1–20	563,046	17.2
21–70	751,776	23.0
71–150	796,356	24.3
151–	918,327	28.0
Unemployment (days)^b
0	767,450	23.4
1–50	692,547	21.1
51–100	564,169	17.2
101–200	743,191	22.7
201–	508,883	15.5
Insured sickness (days)^b
0	2,126,734	64.9
1–30	391,221	11.9
31–60	436,327	13.3
61–120	142,010	4.3
121–	179,948	5.5
Hospital in-patient care
Any episode^a	964,451	29.4
Discharge diagnosis^a
Ch. I: Infectious and parasitic diseases	60,813	1.9
Ch. II: Neoplasms	78,497	2.4
Ch. III: Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs	13,929	0.4
Ch. IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	41,780	1.3
Ch. V: Mental and behavioural disorders	116,830	3.6
Ch. VI: Diseases of the nervous system	27,874	0.9
Ch. VII: Diseases of the eye and adnexa	6,824	0.2
Ch. VIII: Diseases of the ear and mastoid process	9,177	0.3
Ch. IX: Diseases of the circulatory system	55,242	1.7
Ch. X: Diseases of the respiratory system	64,405	2.0
Ch. XI: Diseases of the digestive system	106,545	3.2
Ch. XII: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	14,936	0.5
Ch. XIII: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system	57,515	1.8
Ch. XIV: Diseases of the genitourinary system	71,150	2.2
Ch. XV: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	382,003	11.7
Ch. XVII: Congenital anomalies	7,945	0.2
Ch. XIX: External causes	264,548	8.1

[i] ^a Any incidence during years t-5 to t-1.

^b Annual average during years t-5 to t-1.

Table 4

The estimated odds ratios (ORs) using logistic regression for the associations of the jobseekers’ individual characteristics with being classified as occupationally disabled, and with each of the 11 disability codes, during 2003–2008.

Variable	Codes 11–93		Code 11		Code 20		Code 30		Code 40		Code 51		Code 61		Code 71		Code 81		Code 91		Code 92		Code 93
Female	0.78	***	0.43	***	0.90	**	0.62	***	0.91	***	1.07	***	1.19	***	0.81	***	0.28	***	1.20	***	0.55	***	0.52	***
Age
18–24 years	0.53	***	0.34	***	0.97		0.94		0.33	***	0.43	***	0.52	***	1.60	***	0.26	***	0.44	***	1.62	***	0.78
25–29 years	0.63	***	0.40	***	0.76	***	0.76	***	0.51	***	0.57	***	0.72	***	0.95		0.48	***	0.65	***	1.22	***	1.00
30–34 years	0.82	***	0.67	***	0.82	***	1.08		0.78	***	0.82	***	0.91	***	1.10		0.74	***	0.80	***	1.10	**	1.04
35–39 years (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
40–44 years	1.16	***	1.61	***	1.23	***	1.44	***	1.23	***	1.16	***	1.01		0.86	**	1.20	***	1.14	**	0.94		0.90
45–49 years	1.33	***	2.92	***	1.33	***	1.54	***	1.51	***	1.28	***	1.04		0.73	***	1.46	***	1.37	***	0.79	***	0.92
50–54 years	1.51	***	4.39	***	1.70	***	1.78	***	1.84	***	1.48	***	1.03		0.53	***	1.61	***	1.52	***	0.59	***	0.92
55–59 years	1.55	***	5.29	***	1.98	***	1.88	***	1.98	***	1.58	***	0.87	***	0.36	***	1.51	***	1.45	***	0.40	***	0.82
60–64 years	1.07	***	5.05	***	1.80	***	1.28	*	1.45	***	1.09		0.43	***	0.11	***	0.87	**	1.00		0.10	***	0.29	***
Foreign born	0.79	***	1.33	***	0.94		1.01		1.21	***	0.93	**	0.65	***	0.63	***	0.52	***	0.92	*	0.47	***	0.56	***
Marital status
Never married	1.14	***	0.94		0.98		0.99		0.94	***	1.00		1.31	***	1.73	***	2.25	***	1.01		1.38	***	1.14
Married (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Divorced	0.99		0.89	**	0.87	***	0.84	**	0.90	***	0.90	***	1.08	***	1.02		2.08	***	0.96		1.06		0.77	***
Widowed	0.94	**	0.82		0.87		0.66		0.80	***	0.92		1.11		0.90		2.04	***	0.69	**	1.25		0.53	*
Having children ages
0–6 years	0.80	***	0.85	*	1.04		0.92		0.99		0.87	***	0.69	***	0.71	***	0.68	***	1.03		0.87	***	0.93
7–17 years	0.97	***	1.03		1.01		0.87	**	1.09	***	1.05	**	0.96	**	0.84	***	0.67	***	0.91	**	0.97		0.81	**
Education
Unknown	1.80	***	1.13		0.95		0.93		0.54	***	0.44	***	0.48	***	15.39	***	0.78	*	0.41	**	2.80	***	0.38
Compulsory school	1.38	***	1.09	**	0.82	***	1.01		1.20	***	1.12	***	1.01		3.19	***	1.72	***	1.09	**	1.95	***	0.89
Upper sec. school (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
University studies	0.51	***	0.58	***	0.88	***	1.08		0.39	***	0.55	***	0.88	***	0.11	***	0.30	***	0.44	***	0.33	***	0.73	***
DI receiver^a	3.91	***	2.38	***	11.40	***	9.07	***	2.88	***	2.77	***	2.83	***	38.96	***	0.78	***	1.80	***	6.52	***	8.73	***
SB receiver^a	1.42	***	1.18	***	1.03		0.90	*	0.98		1.02		1.25	***	1.24	***	4.93	***	1.09	**	1.23	***	0.73	***
Earnings (SEK 1,000s)^b
0 (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
1–20	0.98		0.93		0.90	*	0.83	***	0.92	***	0.93	**	0.89	***	1.21	***	0.88	***	1.08		1.20	***	0.92
21–70	0.64	***	0.76	***	0.63	***	0.47	***	0.76	***	0.72	***	0.59	***	0.57	***	0.58	***	0.77	***	0.65	***	0.69	***
71–150	0.50	***	0.65	***	0.58	***	0.42	***	0.61	***	0.57	***	0.45	***	0.48	***	0.36	***	0.61	***	0.42	***	0.61	***
151–	0.38	***	0.53	***	0.70	***	0.51	***	0.45	***	0.43	***	0.34	***	0.75	***	0.21	***	0.47	***	0.33	***	0.47	***
Unemployment (days)^b
0 (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
1–50	0.86	***	0.86	***	0.76	***	0.73	***	0.82	***	0.85	***	0.90	***	0.65	***	1.09	***	0.87	**	0.87	***	0.62	***
51–100	0.91	***	0.88	**	0.83	***	0.74	***	0.85	***	0.89	***	0.92	**	0.71	***	1.10	**	0.97		1.15	**	0.60	***
101–200	1.09	***	0.95		1.10		1.17	*	0.93	**	1.04		0.98		1.33	***	1.30	***	1.30	***	1.93	***	0.66	***
201–	1.86	***	1.54	***	2.25	***	2.57	***	1.45	***	1.96	***	1.39	***	4.81	***	2.01	***	2.36	***	4.65	***	1.07
Insured sickness (days)^b
0 (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
0–30	1.35	***	1.39	***	1.08		0.91		1.75	***	1.60	***	1.37	***	0.86	***	1.14	***	1.66	***	1.07		0.88
31–60	2.51	***	2.09	***	1.43	***	1.30	***	4.03	***	2.98	***	3.40	***	0.77	***	1.48	***	2.69	***	1.26	***	1.91	***
61–120	5.61	***	3.65	***	1.91	***	1.85	***	10.28	***	6.51	***	10.54	***	0.64	***	1.78	***	3.77	***	1.40	***	4.75	***
121–
Hospital in-patient care
Any episode^a	1.15	***	1.46	***	0.95		1.25	***	0.98		1.22	***	0.95	**	1.06		1.25	***	1.01		1.06		2.36	***
Discharge diagnosis^a,c
Chapter I	1.10	***	1.16	*	0.80	**	0.91		0.96	*	1.17	***	0.70	***	0.55	***	1.62	***	1.01		0.81	**	0.88
Chapter II	0.98		0.99		1.38	***	1.48	***	0.90	***	1.36	***	0.80	***	1.07		0.87	**	1.01		1.05		2.16	***
Chapter III	0.98		1.15		0.59	**	0.74		0.89	**	1.59	***	0.73	***	1.13		0.98		0.92		1.19		0.62	*
Chapter IV	1.09	***	1.34	***	0.90		2.02	***	0.90	***	2.24	***	0.81	***	1.46	***	0.72	***	0.98		1.19	*	0.74	**
Chapter V	1.23	***	0.60	***	0.68	***	0.59	***	0.44	***	0.49	***	2.52	***	0.47	***	2.72	***	0.48	***	0.81	***	0.52	***
Chapter VI	1.48	***	1.01		1.28	**	1.69	***	1.58	***	2.70	***	0.92		1.32	***	0.85	***	1.11		1.34	***	7.10	***
Chapter VII	1.43	***	0.85		1.07		51.08	***	0.84	**	1.47	***	0.69	***	0.73		0.72	**	1.18		0.97		2.97	***
Chapter VIII	1.47	***	0.64	**	19.85	***	0.81		1.16	**	1.10		0.96		1.60	**	0.82		0.45	**	1.37	*	1.62
Chapter IX	1.08	***	13.59	***	0.79	***	1.05		0.76	***	0.99		0.69	***	0.96		0.77	***	0.70	***	0.86		5.96	***
Chapter X	1.00		1.98	***	0.92		0.78	*	1.00		1.11	**	0.84	***	1.06		0.91	*	2.91	***	1.10		0.96
Chapter XI	0.98		0.73	***	1.01		0.91		0.99		1.74	***	0.83	***	0.91		0.89	***	1.14		1.14	**	0.45	***
Chapter XII	1.07	*	0.79		0.46	***	1.06		1.06		1.50	***	0.71	***	1.08		1.13	*	3.21	***	0.82		0.71
Chapter XIII	1.22	***	0.62	***	0.77	**	0.48	***	2.22	***	0.94		0.34	***	0.80	*	0.71	***	0.64	***	0.82	**	0.38	***
Chapter XIV	0.94	***	0.75	***	0.92		0.81		1.06	***	1.15	***	0.88	***	0.92		0.86	**	0.98		1.01		0.44	***
Chapter XV	0.71	***	0.74	**	1.04		0.83	*	0.72	***	0.62	***	0.72	***	1.30	***	0.74	***	0.72	***	0.91		0.61	***
Chapter XVII	1.65	***	5.48	***	3.12	***	2.84	***	1.89	***	1.58	***	1.01		1.49	**	0.75		1.02		1.25		1.68	**
Chapter XIX	1.10	***	0.89	**	1.01		1.02		1.26	***	0.91	***	0.89	***	0.78	***	1.34	***	0.80	***	0.97		1.99	***
Cohort
2003 (ref.)	1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
2004	1.10	***	0.96		1.12	***	1.03		1.05	***	1.00		1.15	***	1.19	***	1.18	***	1.09	**	1.35	***	0.77	***
2005	1.18	***	1.07		1.03		1.09		1.07	***	1.02		1.37	***	1.30	***	1.32	***	1.05		1.53	***	0.90
2006	1.15	***	0.97		0.92	**	0.96		1.01		0.86	***	1.47	***	1.25	***	1.37	***	0.87	**	1.50	***	1.19
2007	1.27	***	0.89	*	1.05		1.03		1.04		0.96		1.89	***	1.38	***	1.39	***	0.90	**	1.65	***	1.31	***
2008	1.23	***	0.83	***	0.96		0.99		0.99		0.85	***	1.91	***	1.35	***	1.36	***	0.71	***	1.84	***	1.37	***
Municipality fixed effects	X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X		X
N	3,276,240		3,053,255		3,058,737		3,015,740		3,140,760		3,078,752		3,095,444		3,061,425		3,087,954		3,057,375		3,064,315		2,885,711
LL	–621,029		–25,155		–43,011		–19,011		–277,794		–106,946		–160,489		–39,078		–126,624		–34,429		–6,9177		–9,110
Pseudo R2	0.23		0.34		0.11		0.15		0.29		0.20		0.24		0.28		0.29		0.11		0.14		0.27

[i] Note: ***, **, and * denotes statistical significance at the levels .05, .01, and .001, respectively.

^a Any incidence during years t-5 to t-1.

^b Annual average during years t-5 to t-1.

^c See Table 3 for a description of the content in each ICD-chapter.

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