Table 1 Demographic and work-related characteristics of the included 15,739 Danish occupational fishers from the Danish Occupational Cohort (DOC*X) registered in the years of 1994–2017 (n = 15,739)
Demographic characteristics | Male fishers (n = 13,165) | Female fishers (n = 2574) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age entering follow-up, average (SD) | 44.58 | 16.10 | 26.62 | 8.61 | |
Age at end of follow-up, average (SD) | 63.99 | 13.76 | 49.43 | 20.62 | |
Primary marital status n (%) | Married | 6966 | 52.90 | 946 | 36.75 |
Other | 6199 | 47.09 | 1628 | 63.25 | |
Educational level, n (%) | Short mandatory | 9918 | 75.34 | 352 | 13.68 |
Higher | 3247 | 24.66 | 2222 | 86.32 | |
Captain education, n (%) | Yes | 1353 | 10.28 | ||
Land of origin, n (%) | Denmark | 12,872 | 97.77 | 2440 | 94.79 |
Region of Denmark*, n (%) | Northern Jutland | 3786 | 28.76 | 281 | 10.92 |
Central Jutland | 3204 | 24.34 | 576 | 22.38 | |
Southern Jutland | 2778 | 21.10 | 528 | 20.51 | |
Capital area | 2061 | 15.66 | 810 | 31.47 | |
Zealand | 1317 | 10.00 | 379 | 14.72 | |
Work characteristics | |||||
Years in cohort, average (SD) | 23.97 | 0.48 | 23.98 | 0,23 | |
Years as fisherman, average (SD) | 16.86 | 6.86 | 3.95 | 4.12 | |
Years as fisherman, n (%) | > 20 years | 5232 | 39.74 | 28 | 1.09 |
16-<20 years | 3578 | 27.18 | 75 | 2.91 | |
11-<15 years | 1595 | 12.12 | 100 | 3.88 | |
5-<10 years | 1397 | 10.61 | 228 | 8.86 | |
< 5 years | 1363 | 10.35 | 2143 | 83.26 | |
Occupational shifts, average (SD) | 5.42 | 3.95 | 5.05 | 2.84 | |
Self-employed during working life (%) | min/50% | 11,321 | 85.99 | 2553 | 99.18 |
50/max% | 1844 | 14.01 | 21 | 0.82 | |
Full- or parttime work, n (%) | Full time | 11,867 | 90.14 | 2398 | 93.16 |
Part time | 1298 | 9.86 | 176 | 6.84 | |