Descriptive statistics of the populations for survival and trajectory analyses by study periods and length of SA
| Permanent workers | 30-day SA* Study period | 60-day SA† Study period | 90-day SA† Study period | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 2008/2009 | 2010/2011 | 2013/2014 | 2008/2009 | 2010/2011 | 2013/2014 | 2008/2009 | 2010/2011 | 2013/2014 |
| Survival analyses (to plot sustained RTW‡ curves) | n=6393 | n=6011 | n=5708 | n=1655 | n=1530 | n=1481 | n=932 | n=847 | n=766 |
| Age, years (95% CI) | 49.6 (49.3 to 49.8) | 49.8 (49.5 to 50.0) | 49.8 (49.5 to 50.0) | 51.7 (51.2 to 52.2) | 51.7 (51.2 to 52.1) | 51.1 (50.7 to 51.6) | 52.6 (52.1 to 53.1) | 51.8 (51.2 to 52.4) | 51.3 (50.7 to 52.0) |
| Women, n (%) | 4857 (76.0) | 4614 (76.8) | 4498 (78.7) | 1219 (73.7) | 1140 (74.5) | 1158 (78.2) | 695 (74.6) | 633 (74.7) | 597 (78.0) |
| Low job status, n (%) | 3761 (58.8) | 3390 (56.4) | 3059 (53.6) | 1068 (64.5) | 921 (60.2) | 847 (57.2) | 609 (65.3) | 538 (63.5) | 444 (58.0) |
| Practical nurses, n (%) | 841 (13.2) | 879 (14.6) | 932 (16.3) | 203 (12.3) | 220 (14.4) | 261 (17.6) | 117 (12.6) | 120 (14.2) | 140 (18.3) |
| Trajectory analyses (to plot work participation and calculate gains in work participation) | n=4261 | n=3886 | n=3683 | n=849 | n=765 | n=757 | n=402 | n=346 | n=332 |
| Age, years (95% CI) | 52.3 (52.0 to 52.5) | 50.5 (50.3 to 50.8) | 50.7 (50.5 to 51.0) | 51.0 (50.5 to 51.6) | 50.9 (50.3 to 51.6) | 51.5 (50.9 to 52.1) | 51.8 (51.0 to 52.5) | 50.2 (49.4 to 51.1) | 51.0 (50.1 to 51.9) |
| Women, n (%) | 3120 (73.2) | 2855 (73.5) | 2790 (75.8) | 594 (70.0) | 544 (71.1) | 567 (74.9) | 286 (71.1) | 254 (73.4) | 244 (73.5) |
| Low job status, n (%) | 2507 (58.8) | 2180 (56.1) | 1955 (53.1) | 546 (64.3) | 464 (60.7) | 439 (58.0) | 260 (64.7) | 214 (61.8) | 197 (59.3) |
| Practical nurses, n (%) | 527 (12.4) | 504 (13.0) | 518 (14.1) | 96 (11.3) | 108 (14.1) | 120 (15.8) | 49 (12.2) | 45 (13.0) | 56 (16.9) |
*Absence in calendar-days.
†Compensated SA days.
‡Sustained RTW defined as a minimum of 28 consecutive days at work after SA.
RTW, return to work; SA, sickness absence.