Cognitive Ability in Midlife and Labor Market Participation Among Older Workers: Prospective Cohort Study With Register Follow-up
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Cognitive Ability in Midlife and Labor Market Participation Among Older Workers : Prospective Cohort Study With Register Follow-up. / Sundstrup, Emil; Hansen, Åse M.; Mortensen, Erik L.; Poulsen, Otto M.; Clausen, Thomas; Rugulies, Reiner; Møller, Anne; Andersen, Lars L.
In: Safety and Health at Work, Vol. 11, 2020, p. 291-300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Cognitive Ability in Midlife and Labor Market Participation Among Older Workers
T2 - Prospective Cohort Study With Register Follow-up
AU - Sundstrup, Emil
AU - Hansen, Åse M.
AU - Mortensen, Erik L.
AU - Poulsen, Otto M.
AU - Clausen, Thomas
AU - Rugulies, Reiner
AU - Møller, Anne
AU - Andersen, Lars L.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Background: The study aimed to determine the association of individual cognitive ability in late midlife with labor market participation among older workers. Methods: This prospective cohort study estimates the risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment from scores on the Intelligenz-Struktur-Test 2000R by combining data from 5076 workers from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank with a register on social transfer payments. Analyses were stepwise adjusted for age, gender, physical and psychosocial work environment, health behaviors, occupational social class, education, and chronic diseases. Results: In the fully adjusted model, low cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation below the mean for each gender) and high cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation above the mean for each gender) were not associated with risk of any of the four labor market outcomes. Conclusion: Individual cognitive ability in late midlife was not associated with risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment in the fully adjusted model. Thus, no direct effect of individual cognitive ability in late midlife was observed on the risk of permanently or temporarily leaving the labor market.
AB - Background: The study aimed to determine the association of individual cognitive ability in late midlife with labor market participation among older workers. Methods: This prospective cohort study estimates the risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment from scores on the Intelligenz-Struktur-Test 2000R by combining data from 5076 workers from the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank with a register on social transfer payments. Analyses were stepwise adjusted for age, gender, physical and psychosocial work environment, health behaviors, occupational social class, education, and chronic diseases. Results: In the fully adjusted model, low cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation below the mean for each gender) and high cognitive ability (≥1 standard deviation above the mean for each gender) were not associated with risk of any of the four labor market outcomes. Conclusion: Individual cognitive ability in late midlife was not associated with risk of long-term sickness absence, disability pension, early retirement, and unemployment in the fully adjusted model. Thus, no direct effect of individual cognitive ability in late midlife was observed on the risk of permanently or temporarily leaving the labor market.
KW - Disability pension
KW - I-S-T 2000 R
KW - Intelligence
KW - Retirement
KW - Sickness absence
KW - Unemployment
U2 - 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.06.006
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32995054
AN - SCOPUS:85089402856
VL - 11
SP - 291
EP - 300
JO - Safety and Health at Work
JF - Safety and Health at Work
SN - 2093-7911
ER -
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