Socioeconomic differences in disability retirement in Finland: The contribution of ill-health, health behaviours and working conditions

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 470-478

  Polvinen, Anu ^a   Gould, Raija ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^b   Martikainen, Pekka ^b  

^a Finnish Centre for Pensions   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability retirement; health behaviours; mental disorders; socioeconomic differences; somatic diseases; working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY RETIREMENT; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOURS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES; SOMATIC DISEASES; STATISTICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DISABILITY RETIREMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOURS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES; SOMATIC DISEASES; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84878497433     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813482400     Document Type: Article

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