Gender and educational differences in work participation and working years lost in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to quantify the duration of work participation and reasons for working years lost, according to gender and educational attainment, among a Norwegian population.

Methods

Register data on labor market attachment between 2000-2015 were obtained from Statistics Norway. We included five cohorts: individuals turning 20 (N=323 333), 30 (N=386 006), 40 (N=388 962), 50 (N=358 745), and 60 years (N=284 425) between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2005. Individuals were followed for ten years. Data completeness allowed calculation of the average time spent in work and years lost to health-related absences and non-employment states per cohort. Changes in state probabilities over time were also depicted. Mean differences between genders and educational levels,

SUBMITTER: Merkus SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391266 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature