Labour market status and mortality risk: The Finnmark cohort study 1987–2017
Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the age-varying mortality risk associated with different labour market status categories. Methods: Data from a population-based survey carried out among adults aged 30–62 years in Finnmark in 1987/1988 were linked to the Norwegian Cause of Death Registr...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2023
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948231174668 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14034948231174668 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/14034948231174668 |
| Summary: | Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the age-varying mortality risk associated with different labour market status categories. Methods: Data from a population-based survey carried out among adults aged 30–62 years in Finnmark in 1987/1988 were linked to the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry to identify all deaths occurring by December 2017. We used flexible parametric survival models to examine the age-varying associations between different labour market status categories (no paid work/homemaker, part-time work, full-time work, unemployment benefits, sick leave/rehabilitation allowance, and disability pension) and mortality. Results: Men with part-time work, unemployment benefits, sick leave/rehabilitation allowance, or disability pension had an increased mortality risk compared with men with full-time work; however, these findings were restricted to ages below 60–70 years, varying with labour market status category. For women, excess mortality was linked to disability pension in the younger age groups; in older age groups it was linked to the labour market status category no paid work/homemaker. Non-employment was associated with low education level compared with full-time employment. Conclusions: The study showed increased mortality risk for some non-employment categories, with decreasing relative risk with age. Our findings suggest that the increased mortality risk is partly explained by health, pre-existing illnesses, and health-related behaviour and partly by other factors, such as social network and economic factors. |
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