Labour force participation (LFP) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) among 1056 patients with RA compared with reference data from the general Dutch population20
| Highest educational level | Age category (years) |
LFP rate of men with RA (95% CI) |
LFP rate of general male population |
LFP rate of women with RA (95% CI) |
LFP rate of general female population | |
| Overall (crude) | All | 56.7 (51.8 to 61.7) | 27.7 (24.3 to 31.2) | |||
| Overall (standardised) | All | 74.3 (64.3 to 84.3) | 81.0 | 47.6 (43.2 to 52.1) | 50.1 | |
| Primary school | 20–29 | 0 | 66.3 | 22.2 (0.0 to 49.1) | 26.6 | |
| 30–39 | 77.8 (50.9 to 100) | 71.6 | 20.0 (6.5 to 33.5) | 27.4 | ||
| 40–49 | 55.2 (45.2 to 65.0) | 70.4 | 23.9 (16.6 to 31.2) | 28.7 | ||
| 50–59 | 33.7 (28.2 to 39.2) | 55.1 | 12.4 (8.3 to 16.5) | 16.5 | ||
| Secondary school | 20–29 | 75.0 (32.7 to 100) | 76.2 | 78.8 (65.3 to 92.3) | 65.7 | |
| 30–39 | 84.2 (68.3 to 100) | 92.0 | 45.2 (36.2 to 54.2) | 50.2 | ||
| 40–49 | 85.5 (77.3 to 93.7) | 90.0 | 46.3 (37.9 to 54.7) | 47.6 | ||
| 50–59 | 59.3 (51.0 to 67.5) | 71.1 | 12.4 (5.7 to 19.1) | 27.7 | ||
| High vocational colleges/university | 20–29 | 50.0 (0.0 to 100) | 71.1 | 66.7 (29.9 to 100) | 68.6 | |
| 30–39 | 80.0 (45.1 to 100) | 94.0 | 75.0 (59.5 to 90.5) | 78.9 | ||
| 40–49 | 89.5 (76.7 to 100) | 92.6 | 54.8 (40.9 to 68.7) | 72.1 | ||
| 50–59 | 78.8 (67.6 to 90.0) | 81.7 | 34.6 (16.4 to 52.8) | 54.9 | ||