Disability pensioning: The gender divide can be explained by occupation, income, mental distress and health

Abstract

Gender differences in disability pensioning in Oslo are attributable to women's poorer self-reported health, greater levels of mental distress, lower wages, and more unfavourable working conditions such as job strain and less control over work.

Predictors of permanent work disability among ≤50-year-old patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

“…Early and active collaboration with occupational healthcare physicians and rehabilitation could be potential targets for improving later working capacity in young patients. Gender did not independently influence the risk of disability unlike the earlier literature on disability in general and after PCI (35)(36)(37). Remarkably even the higher baseline disease burden among women in the present study (data not shown) did not alter the incidence of PWD.…”

Can high psychological job demands, low decision latitude, and high job strain predict disability pensions? A 12-year follow-up of middle-aged Swedish workers

“…Those undertaken have shown positive associations between the award of disability pension and 'mentally strenuous work', as in a Finnish study by Krause et al (1997) and with low job control (studies from Denmark and Norway) (Krokstad et al 2002;Claussen and Dalgard 2009;Friis et al 2008;Christensen et al 2008). However, to our knowledge, only two studies have employed the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) in this context.…”

Explaining educational differences in sickness absence: a population-based follow-up study

“…Low socioeconomic position is related to a markedly increased risk of sickness absence, and -according to the level of education, occupational class and income level -there is a 2-4 times higher risk of sickness absence, lowered work ability, and disability pension in the lower compared to higher groups. Moreover sickness absence rates vary between genders with women reporting more sickness absences (2,3,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10).…”