Disability pension among young women in Sweden, with special emphasis on family structure: a dynamic cohort study.

ABSTRACT: The influence of family structure on the risk of going on disability pension (DP) was investigated among young women by analysing a short-term and long-term effect, controlling for potential confounding and the 'healthy mother effect'. This dynamic cohort study comprised all women born in Sweden between 1960 and 1979 (1.2 million), who were 20-43 years of age during follow-up. Their annual data were retrieved from national registers for the years 1993-2003. For this period, data on family structure and potential confounders were related to the incidence of DP the year after the exposure assessment. Using a modified version of the COX proportional hazard regression, we took into account changes in the study variables of individuals over the years. In addition, a 5-year follow-up was used. C

SUBMITTER: Floderus B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3367147 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature