Descriptive statistics for background variables
| n | % | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 55 467 | 45.2 | 11.4 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 26 768 | 48.3 | ||
| Women | 28 699 | 51.7 | ||
| Educational level | ||||
| Low (basic schooling) | 8239 | 14.9 | ||
| Middle-low (upper secondary school and vocational education) | 24 180 | 43.6 | ||
| Middle-high (short and intermediate higher education) | 16 061 | 29.0 | ||
| High (long higher education) | 6987 | 12.6 | ||
| Job group | ||||
| Managers | 2915 | 5.3 | ||
| Professionals | 17 452 | 31.5 | ||
| Technicians and associate professionals | 7543 | 13.6 | ||
| General office clerks | 5029 | 9.1 | ||
| Personal services workers | 8191 | 14.8 | ||
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | 349 | 0.6 | ||
| Building and related trades workers | 4532 | 8.2 | ||
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | 3131 | 5.6 | ||
| Elementary occupations and unknown job group | 6325 | 11.4 | ||
| Wave of the Work Environment and Health in Denmark-study | ||||
| 2012 | 21 069 | 38.0 | ||
| 2014 | 14 780 | 26.6 | ||
| 2016 | 19 618 | 35.4 |