Employment status among Estonian and Norwegian patients in 1998
| Estonian patients n (%) | Norwegian patients n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Transitory findings | Persistent paresis | All* | Transitory findings* | Persistent paresis† | |
| *p<0.0001 for the comparison with the Estonian patients. †p<0.001 for the comparison with the Estonian patients. ‡10 patients received both pensions and were employed, six with persistent paresis and four with transitory findings. §5 patients with persistent paresis received both pensions and were employed. | ||||||
| Full time job | 51 (37) | 38 (43) | 13 (30) | 82 (54) | 38 (61) | 44 (49) |
| Part time job | 6 (4) | 4 (9) | 2 (5) | 26 (17) | 13 (21) | 13 (14) |
| Seeking for job/unemployed | 11 (8) | 5 (6) | 6 (14) | 3 (2) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) |
| Disability pension | 42 (30)‡ | 17 (21)‡ | 23 (52)‡ | 26 (17)§ | 6 (10) | 20 (22)§ |
| Age pension | 28 (20)‡ | 25 (23)‡ | 4 (9)‡ | 15 (10)§ | 3 (5) | 12 (13)§ |