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Occup Environ Med 58:811-817 doi:10.1136/oem.58.12.811
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Organisational downsizing and musculoskeletal problems in employees: a prospective study

Table 5

Ratio (95% CI) of rates of musculoskeletal sickness absence between major v minor downsizing by sex and income (in all cases the rate ratio for minor downsizing was 1.00)

Population Covariate
Physical demands Skill discretion Job insecurity
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Men 5.62 (2.9 to 10.8) 5.96 (2.9 to 12.3) 5.16 (2.7 to 10.0) 5.31 (2.7 to 10.4) 5.96 (3.1 to 11.5) 5.18 (2.6 to 10.2)
Women 6.40 (3.1 to 13.4) 5.30 (2.5 to 11.2) 7.49 (3.6 to 15.5) 7.08 (3.4 to 14.7) 8.22 (4.0 to 16.9) 8.08 (3.9 to 16.6)
High income employees 5.26 (2.4 to 11.7) 5.68 (2.4 to 13.3) 5.97 (2.7 to 13.2) 6.64 (3.0 to 14.9) 6.84 (3.1 to 15.0) 7.39 (3.3 to 16.7)
Low income employees 5.33 (2.6 to 11.0) 4.44 (2.1 to 9.3) 5.69 (2.8 to 11.7) 5.26 (2.6 to 10.9) 6.17 (3.0 to 12.6) 5.88 (2.9 to 12.0)
  • Explamations as in table 3.

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