Differences in mean age and mean number of years worked in factory and current section between those who took sick leave and those who did not
| Duration of sick leave taken in the past year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⩽7 days (n=896) | >7 days (n=72) | ⩽3 days (n=761) | >3 days (n=207) | 0 (n=480) | ⩾1 day (n=488) | |
| *p<0.05, | ||||||
| **p<0.01. | ||||||
| Mean age (y) | 30.3 | 32.6 | 30.3 | 31.3 | 30.1 | 30.9 |
| t | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |||
| p | 0.018* | 0.130 | 0.142 | |||
| Mean no. of years worked in factory | 8.8 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| t | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.1 | |||
| p | 0.008** | 0.046* | 0.288 | |||
| Mean no. of years in current section | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 |
| t | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |||
| p | 0.250 | 0.060 | 0.054 | |||