Finnish Public Sector Study (Finland) | GAZEL (France) | Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health (Sweden) | Whitehall II (UK) | |
Sample size at baseline | 36 317 | 11 302 | 8194 | 9121 |
Sex (%) | ||||
Male | 21 | 73 | 46 | 68 |
Female | 79 | 27 | 54 | 32 |
Age group (%) | ||||
50–54 | 72 | 91 | 42 | 84 |
55–59 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 14 |
60–64 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
65–69 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 |
70–74 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
Occupational position (%) | ||||
High grade | 31 | 28 | 19 | 31 |
Middle grade | 48 | 57 | 45 | 48 |
Low grade | 21 | 15 | 36 | 21 |
Job strain (%) | ||||
No job strain | 80 | 86 | 80 | 86 |
Job strain | 20 | 14 | 20 | 14 |
Self-rated health (%) | ||||
Good | 64 | 80 | 78 | 79 |
Suboptimal | 36 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
Chronic disease* | (n=36 317) | (n=11 302) | (n=8070) | (n=9143) |
No | 73 | 76 | 79 | 76 |
Yes | 27 | 24 | 21 | 24 |
↵*Presence of chronic disease includes illness reported at or before baseline.