Sickness absence at baseline and employment status in 1997 and 2000 among temporary and permanent employees whose job terminated by 1997 (n = 4525)*
| 1997/2000, n | Mean sickness absence days/person-year 1996 | Employment status 1997 | Employment status 2000 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed | Disability pension | Unemployed | Disability pension | |||||||||||
| n | % | (95% CI) | n | % | (95% CI) | n | % | (95% CI) | n | % | (95% CI) | |||
| Statistically significant differences between absence categories at p level <0.05 shown in bold. | ||||||||||||||
| *Group values for “others” (re-employed, homemakers, students, and dead) not shown. Missing data (n = 63 in 1997; n = 101 in 2000). | ||||||||||||||
| †Low absence 0–15 sickness absence days per person-year in 1996. | ||||||||||||||
| ‡High absence: >15 sickness absence days per person-year in 1996. | ||||||||||||||
| 16–40 year olds | ||||||||||||||
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| Temporary | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 1617/1595 | 2.3 | 222 | 14 | (12–15) | 0 | 0 | 126 | 8 | (7–9) | 0 | 0 | ||
| High absence‡ | 544/539 | 60.1 | 122 | 22 | (19–26) | 4 | 1 | (0–2) | 73 | 14 | (11–17) | 7 | 1 | (1–3) |
| Permanent | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 284/284 | 1.9 | 14 | 5 | (3–8) | 1 | 0 | (0–2) | 10 | 4 | (2–6) | 2 | 1 | (0–3) |
| High absence‡ | 102/101 | 92.1 | 9 | 9 | (4–16) | 5 | 5 | (2–11) | 9 | 9 | (4–16) | 3 | 3 | (1–8) |
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| Temporary | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 624/622 | 1.5 | 95 | 15 | (13–18) | 3 | 0 | (0–1) | 37 | 6 | (4–8) | 3 | 0 | (0–1) |
| High absence‡ | 98/98 | 52.7 | 28 | 29 | (20–38) | 3 | 3 | (1–9) | 21 | 21 | (14–31) | 3 | 3 | (1–9) |
| Permanent | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 99/99 | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | (2–13) | 2 | 2 | (0–7) | 3 | 3 | (1–9) | 2 | 2 | (0–7) |
| High absence‡ | 33/33 | 100.7 | 7 | 21 | (9–39) | 4 | 12 | (3–28) | 6 | 18 | (7–35) | 5 | 15 | (5–32) |
| 41–54 year olds | ||||||||||||||
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| Temporary | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 319/319 | 2.2 | 74 | 23 | (19–28) | 5 | 2 | (1–4) | 56 | 18 | (14–22) | 5 | 2 | (1–4) |
| High absence‡ | 131/128 | 78.4 | 41 | 31 | (23–40) | 7 | 5 | (2–11) | 31 | 24 | (17–33) | 13 | 10 | (6–17) |
| Permanent | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 143/140 | 3.0 | 11 | 8 | (4–13) | 5 | 3 | (1–8) | 6 | 4 | (2–9) | 6 | 4 | (2–9) |
| High absence‡ | 156/154 | 189.7 | 17 | 11 | (6–17) | 54 | 35 | (27–42) | 14 | 9 | (5–15) | 56 | 36 | (29–44) |
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| Temporary | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 125/124 | 1.9 | 48 | 38 | (30–47) | 2 | 2 | (0–6) | 27 | 22 | (15–30) | 3 | 2 | (1–7) |
| High absence‡ | 31/31 | 73.8 | 17 | 55 | (36–72) | 3 | 10 | (2–25) | 6 | 19 | (7–36) | 4 | 13 | (4–29) |
| Permanent | ||||||||||||||
| Low absence† | 79/79 | 1.3 | 10 | 13 | (6–22) | 8 | 10 | (4–19) | 5 | 6 | (2–14) | 9 | 11 | (5–21) |
| High absence‡ | 77/77 | 210.2 | 10 | 13 | (6–22) | 37 | 48 | (37–60) | 8 | 10 | (5–19) | 36 | 47 | (35–58) |