Saf Health Work.  2020 Sep;11(3):291-300. 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.06.006.

Cognitive Ability in Midlife and Labor Market Participation Among Older Workers: Prospective Cohort Study With Register Follow-up

Affiliations
  • 1National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 3Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 4Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 5Department of Occupational Medicine, Copenhagen University Holbæk, Denmark
  • 6The Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 7Sport Sciences, Department of Health Science and Technology Aalborg University, Denmark

Abstract

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.

Keyword

Disability pension; I-S-T 2000 R; Intelligence; Retirement; Sickness absence; Unemployment
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