Descriptive information, based on analysis sample
| Percentage (n) | Mean | SD | |
| Background information included in analyses | |||
| Age categorical, years (n=4824) | |||
| 45–54 | 21.3 (1027) | ||
| 55–59 | 48.9 (2360) | ||
| 60–64 | 25.8 (1244) | ||
| 65+ | 4.0 (193) | ||
| Wave (n=4824) | |||
| 2 | 13.6 (656) | ||
| 3 | 19.1 (920) | ||
| 4 | 21.3 (1026) | ||
| 5 | 19.8 (953) | ||
| 6 | 15.3 (736) | ||
| 7 | 11.0 (533) | ||
| Time-varying indicators (n=4824; n=1389)* | |||
| Physical job demands | 4.3 | (1.7; 0.7) | |
| Psychosocial job demands | 5.0 | (1.5; 0.9) | |
| Working hours | 34.9 | (13.6; 6.7) | |
| Depressive symptoms (GHQ Scale) | 0.9 | (1.5; 1.0) | |
| Job autonomy | 3.0 | (0.8; 0.5) | |
| Background information not included in analyses (time constant) (n=1389) | |||
| Diagnosis chronic disease | 36.7 (510) | ||
| Age at diagnosis | 59.5 | (3.9) | |
| Number of chronic diseases | |||
| 1 | 73.5 (375) | ||
| ≥2 | 26.5 (135) | ||
| First diagnosis chronic disease | |||
| Asthma | 3.5 (18) | ||
| Arthritis | 28.4 (145) | ||
| Cancer or malignant tumour | 8.8 (45) | ||
| Chronic lung disease | 3.1 (16) | ||
| Diabetes | 3.7 (19) | ||
| Heart problem | 8.2 (42) | ||
| Hypertension | 32.7 (167) | ||
| Stroke | 0.8 (4) | ||
| Combination of two | 10.6 (54) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 50.3 (699) | ||
| Female | 49.7 (690) | ||
| Education (ISCED) | |||
| No qualification, NA | 16.2 (225) | ||
| Upper secondary | 32.1 (446) | ||
| Postsecondary non-tertiary | 14.5 (201) | ||
| First stage of tertiary | 22.3 (310) | ||
| Do not know/missing/other | 14.9 (207) | ||
| NS-SEC | |||
| Managerial and professional occupations | 43.3 (602) | ||
| Intermediate occupations | 24.8 (345) | ||
| Routine and manual occupations | 29.3 (407) | ||
| Missing | 2.5 (35) | ||
Note, *For time-varying indicators, overall SD and within SD reported.
GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; ISCED, International Standard Classification of Education; NS-SEC, National Statistics Socioeconomic Classification, three classes.