Descriptive statistics at baseline (2004) for all individuals who purchased psychotropic medication and for individuals both purchasing medication and being unemployed (study population) during the observation period (2005–2010)
| Baseline characteristics | Antidepressants (N06A) | Incident antidepressants purchase and unemployed | Hypnotic/sedative drugs (N05C) | Incident hypnotics/sedatives purchase and unemployed | Anxiolytic drugs (N05B) | Incident anxiolytics purchase and unemployed | Antipsychotic drugs (N05A) | Incident antipsychotics purchase and unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 271 971 | 34 111 | 331 625 | 32 570 | 251 221 | 26 838 | 95 287 | 12 495 |
| Women (%) | 159 979 (59) | 16 963 (52) | 193 502 (58) | 16 068 (49) | 149 828 (60) | 14 086 (52) | 49 993 (52) | 5507 (44) |
| Age (mean/SD) | 41 (11.8) | 35 (10.8) | 44 (12.0) | 36 (11.6) | 43 (12.0) | 36 (11.3) | 41 (12.0) | 34 (10.9) |
| Age category (%) (years) | ||||||||
| 18–29 | 54 816 (20) | 12 659 (37) | 49 845 (15) | 10 679 (33) | 41 548 (16) | 9245 (35) | 20 094 (21) | 5045 (40) |
| 30–49 | 145 124 (53) | 17 605 (52) | 159 912 (48) | 16 597 (51) | 125 006 (50) | 13 737 (51) | 49 438 (52) | 6081 (49) |
| 50–67 | 72 031 (27) | 3847 (11) | 121 686 (37) | 5294 (16) | 84 667 (34) | 3856 (14) | 25 755 (27) | 1369 (11) |
| Education (%) | ||||||||
| Compulsory | 73 815 (27) | 13 354 (39) | 75 846 (23) | 12 253 (38) | 66 774 (26) | 10 920 (41) | 27 284 (29) | 5279 (42) |
| Intermediate | 122 005 (45) | 13 417 (39) | 149 279 (45) | 13 083 (40) | 114 902 (46) | 10 533 (39) | 42 296 (44) | 4679 (38) |
| Tertiary | 66 287 (24) | 5049 (15) | 97 444 (29) | 5312 (16) | 62 166 (25) | 3748 (14) | 21 849 (23) | 1623 (13) |
| Missing (%) | 9864 (4) | 2291 (7) | 9056 (3) | 1922 (6) | 7379 (3) | 1637 (6) | 3858 (4) | 914 (7) |
| Median no days unemployed; (male/female) | 392 (408/377) | 389 (397/379) | 392 (406/384) | 408 (421/394) | ||||
Gender distribution, age (mean and SD) and proportion of individuals in each category. Median number of days of unemployment during the observation period in males (m)/females (f). No missing on gender and age.