Mean earnings* of PwMS and differences in mean earnings between the PwMS group and matched reference group at different lengths in time from the year of inclusion (T0), stratified by educational level and type of occupation at T0
| T-5 | T-2 | T-1 | T0 | T+5 | |
| PwMS† (diff)‡ | PwMS† (diff)‡ | PwMS†(diff)‡ | PwMS† (diff)‡ | PwMS† (diff)‡ | |
| All | 169 (4) | 182 (1) | 181 (−6)§ | 163 (−28)§ | 166 (−63)§ |
| Educational level | |||||
| University/college | 192 (5) | 214 (1) | 214 (−6) | 203 (−24)§ | 218 (−63)§ |
| High school | 159 (0) | 168 (−6) | 166 (−12)§ | 146 (−37)§ | 145 (−68)§ |
| Elementary school | 135 (9) | 142 (12) | 135 (3) | 111 (−25)§ | 84 (−74)§ |
| Type of occupation | |||||
| Managers | 251 (−12) | 308 (−5) | 308 (−24) | 306 (−27) | 258 (−113)§ |
| Office work | 207 (2) | 230 (−5) | 233 (−11)§ | 219 (−33)§ | 226 (−65)§ |
| Manual labour | 163 (6) | 179 (4) | 178 (−4) | 152 (−36)§ | 146 (−71)§ |
| Unknown | 96 (6) | 90 (−5) | 99 (−7) | 102 (−18) | 88 (−69)§ |
| No work | 65 (13)§ | 39 (10)§ | 20 (6)§ | 4 (0) | 25 (−27)§ |
*Earnings: pre-tax earnings including student allowances, presented in 2005 values as 1000 SEK.
†PwMS (n=2553); References (n=7584).
‡Differences in mean earnings (SEK 1000) between PwMS and references in parentheses. Calculated with two-sided t-tests with unequal variance and unequal number of observations.
§Differences significantly different from zero (p<0.05).
PwMS, people with multiple sclerosis; SEK, Swedish Krona.