Societies
Employment Status Among Self-Employed Cancer Survivors: A 5-Year Registry-Based Study from Norway
By Steffen Torp, Roy Nielsen, Shahram Moradi and 1 others.
Abstract
Background
Compared to salaried people, self-employed people have received considerably less research attention regarding health, working conditions, and rehabilitation.
Objective
To examine the long-term effects (up to five years) of cancer on employment among self-employed cancer survivors (CSs). Employment outcomes were compared with those of self-employed cancer-free controls, salaried CSs, and salaried cancer-free controls. Additionally, the relationship between sociodemographic variables and employment was explored.
Methods
Data from the Cancer Registry of Norway and Statistics Norway were obtained for information on cancer diagnoses, employment status, and sociodemographic characteristics for 725 self-employed CSs, 725 matched self-employed controls, and 10,463 salaried CSs and 10,463 salaried matched controls. All participants were aged 30–55, employed at the time of diagnosis (T0) (2004–2008), and alive five years later (T5) (2009–2014). Logistic regression analyses were performed.