Discrepancies between workers with disabilities and their supervisors in reported work accommodations and associations with return to work

Table 1 Workers’ characteristics

Characteristics	Total sample (N = 406)
Age in categories (years)
< 34	29	(7.1%)
35–44	80	(19.7%)
45–54	166	(40.9%)
55–65	131	(32.3%)
Gender
Male	192	(47.3%)
Female	214	(52.7%)
Disability type
Somatic	292	(71.7%)
Mental	81	(20.0%)
Mixed	34	(8.4%)
Educational level^a
Low	138	(34.0%)
Medium	129	(31.8%)
High	129	(31.8%)
Full RTW at 27 months after the start of sick leave
Yes	249	(61.3%)
No	157	(38.7%)

^aLow educational level = primary education, pre-vocational secondary education (VMBO); Medium educational level = senior general secondary education (HAVO), pre-university education (VWO), secondary vocational education (MBO); High educational level = higher professional education (HBO), university education (WO), doctorate (PhD). Contains n =10 missing observations

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