Type of employment and sickness absence as predictors of job termination, expressed as odds ratios (ORs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs)
| Number of temporary/ permanent | Mean sickness absence days/person-year in temporary/permanent | Temporary | Permanent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR* | (95% CI) | OR* | (95% CI) | |||||
| *Adjusted for age, income, occupational grade, urbanisation level, and employer. | ||||||||
| †Low absence 0–15 days per person-year in 1996. | ||||||||
| ‡High absence: >15 days per person-year in 1996. | ||||||||
| §p values for test of interaction between type of employment and sickness absence on job termination. | ||||||||
| 16–40 year olds | ||||||||
| Women | ||||||||
| Low absence† | 8750/9034 | 3.0/3.9 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| High absence‡ | 2069/3062 | 45.1/51.8 | 1.53 | (1.36 to 1.71) | 1.08 | (0.85 to 1.36) | ||
| p for interaction§ | 0.001 | |||||||
| Men | ||||||||
| Low absence† | 2673/3317 | 1.8/3.3 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| High absence‡ | 322/933 | 39.4/47.1 | 1.26 | (0.97 to 1.64) | 1.41 | (0.93 to 2.15) | ||
| p for interaction§ | 0.437 | |||||||
| 41–54 year olds | ||||||||
| Women | ||||||||
| Low absence† | 3123/13124 | 2.7/3.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| High absence‡ | 766/4816 | 47.9/56.4 | 1.70 | (1.36 to 2.12) | 3.19 | (2.52 to 4.03) | ||
| p for interaction§ | 0.001 | |||||||
| Men | ||||||||
| Low absence† | 702/5281 | 1.7/2.7 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
| High absence‡ | 109/1440 | 53.2/62.4 | 1.20 | (0.74 to 1.96) | 3.82 | (2.73 to 5.33) | ||
| p for interaction§ | 0.002 | |||||||