Description of the cohort
| Full cohort | 49321 |
| Number alive at beginning of follow-up period 1995 | 47944 |
| Number with no early retirement benefits before 1993 | 46861 |
| Number with yearly earnings exceeding 50 000 SEK for 1990 and 1991 | 42150 |
| Number with no exposure to unemployment 1990–1, ie those stably employed | 40150 |
| Stably employed with information on all variables included in table 3 | 37798 |