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Labor market participation of individuals with spinal cord injury living in Switzerland: determinants of between-person differences and counterfactual evaluation of their instrumental value for policy.

Urban Schwegler, Christine Fekete, Monika Finger, Katarzyna Karcz, Stefan Staubli, Martin W G Brinkhof

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Article in Spinal cord, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Urban SchweglerSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland. urban.schwegler@paraplegie.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2844-0812
Christine FeketeSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-3017
Monika FingerSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6645-373X
Katarzyna KarczSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Stefan StaubliSwiss Paraplegic Center, Nottwil, Switzerland.
Martin W G BrinkhofSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9319-665X

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designLongitudinal, population-based survey.

objectiveTo examine determinants of between-person differences in labor market participation of individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) living in Switzerland and their potential importance for policy.

settingCommunity.

methodsLongitudinal information on labor market participation (i.e., paid work or not) was obtained from 1198 and 1035 individuals of working-age participating in the 2012 and 2017 SwiSCI community survey, respectively. Determinants of between-person variation in labor market participation were examined using mixed effects logistic regression, controlling for within-person variation. Employment rates were predicted using counterfactual data for modifiable determinants.

resultsThe employment rate was 56% for the 2012 and 61% for the 2017 survey. Labor market participation was affected mostly by static (sex, nationality, SCI severity), temporal (age), dynamic (education level, functional independence, chronic pain), and policy-related (general pension, disability pension level) determinants. Counterfactual (what-if) predictions indicated the highest improvement of employment rates for strategies that increase functional independence (up to 6% increase), foster education (5%), reduce chronic pain (2%), or promote a shift to partial disability pensions (15%).

conclusionsBetween-person variation in labor market participation of persons with SCI is influenced by various temporal, static, dynamic, and policy-related determinants. Our results suggest that policy strategies aimed at enhancing the employment rate of the Swiss SCI population may particularly invest in programs promoting functional independence, education, and partial pension levels that are more adequate for ensuring sustainable employment.

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Spinal Cord InjuriesHumansOccupationsPolicySurveys and QuestionnairesSwitzerland

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