abstract: 'Two research questions are addressed: 1) What predicts employment among

  persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Norway? 2) How do the employed

  compare with the non-employed in their job motivation, labour

  discrimination, quality of life, everyday coping, health and pain

  suffering? We use a cross-sectional survey from 2012. With a 51\%

  response rate, 320 Norwegians aged 21-66 years with SCI participated.

  After injury, 69.5\% were employed, and 44.5\% remained employed at the

  time of the interview. There was no gender difference in employment.

  Among men and women, age at onset of SCI, ability to continue working in

  the same organisation and education was associated with employment. For

  men paraplegia and vocational rehabilitation were also significant.

  Occupational class was non-significant among both men and women. Job

  motivation and work ability could have affected past employment, and

  both the employed and non-employed supported the statement that

  employers discriminate against wheelchair users.'
affiliation: 'Solheim, EF (Corresponding Author), Norwegian Univ Sci \& Technol, Social
  Res, Trondheim, Norway.

  Solheim, Erling F., Norwegian Univ Sci \& Technol, Social Res, Trondheim, Norway.

  Leiulfsrud, Annelie Schedin, Norwegian Univ Sci \& Technol, Dept Neuromed \& Movement
  Sci, Fac Med \& Hlth Sci, Trondheim, Norway.

  Leiulfsrud, Annelie Schedin, St Olavs Univ Hosp, Spinal Cord Unit, Dept Phys Med
  \& Rehabil, Trondheim, Norway.'
author: Solheim, Erling F. and Leiulfsrud, Annelie Schedin
author-email: erling.solheim@nuffield.oxon.org
author_list:
- family: Solheim
  given: Erling F.
- family: Leiulfsrud
  given: Annelie Schedin
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.16993/sjdr.322
eissn: 1745-3011
files: []
issn: 1501-7419
journal: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF DISABILITY RESEARCH
keywords: 'Spinal cord injury; Employment; Attitudes toward work; Quality of life;

  Norway'
keywords-plus: VOCATIONAL SERVICES; WORK; RETURN; PARTICIPATION; PEOPLE; LIFE
language: English
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '23'
orcid-numbers: 'Solheim, Erling/0000-0003-3087-617X

  Schedin Leiulfsrud, Annelie/0000-0002-9086-6670'
pages: 197+
papis_id: 41b24ea3f17d753a63691c9a424216c9
ref: Solheim2018employmentspinal
researcherid-numbers: 'Solheim, Erling/D-9399-2017

  '
times-cited: '8'
title: 'Employment after Spinal Cord Injury in Norway: A Cross-Sectional Survey'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000433656600020
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '20'
web-of-science-categories: Rehabilitation
year: '2018'