Table 1 Number, frequencies and mean number of sickness absence spells per year and 95% confidence intervals (CI)
Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | N | % | Mean N spell/year (95% CI) | N | % | Mean N spell/year (95% CI) |
Proportion of women in educational program (18 yrs) | ||||||
Low | 12 | 4 | 0.15 (0.08 – 0.29) | 244 | 64 | 0.13 (0.11 – 0.16) |
Medium | 59 | 17 | 0.14 (0.11 – 0.19) | 82 | 22 | 0.06 (0.03 – 0.09) |
High | 268 | 79 | 0.21 (0.18 – 0.25) | 54 | 14 | 0.11 (0.07 – 0.19) |
Truancy (16 yrs) | ||||||
Never | 167 | 49 | 0.17 (0.14 – 0.21) | 162 | 43 | 0.10 (0.08 – 0.13) |
Sometimes | 137 | 41 | 0.19 (0.16 – 0.23) | 160 | 42 | 0.11 (0.08 – 0.14) |
Often | 34 | 10 | 0.36 (0.21 – 0.62) | 55 | 15 | 0.15 (0.10 – 0.22) |
School grades (16 years) | ||||||
Low | 9 | 3 | 0.28 (0.18 – 0.43) | 61 | 17 | 0.21 (0.16 – 0.29) |
Medium | 171 | 50 | 0.20 (0.17 – 0.24) | 201 | 54 | 0.10 (0.08 – 0.12) |
High | 142 | 42 | 0.18 (0.13 – 0.24) | 79 | 21 | 0.04 (0.03 – 0.07) |
Individual health (16 yrs) | ||||||
Sickness absence | ||||||
Never | 105 | 31 | 0.13 (0.10 – 0.16) | 134 | 35 | 0.12 (0.09 – 0.16) |
Sometimes | 216 | 64 | 0.23 (0.19 – 0.28) | 226 | 60 | 0.10 (0.08 – 0.13) |
Often | 18 | 5 | 0.20 (0.13 – 0.30) | 18 | 5 | 0.17 (0.08 – 0.36) |
Individual health (18 yrs) | ||||||
GHQ 6 | ||||||
> 1 | 197 | 58 | 0.21 (0.17 – 0.26) | 169 | 44 | 0.11 (0.09 – 0.15) |
0/1 | 138 | 41 | 0.17 (0.14 – 0.21) | 199 | 52 | 0.11 (0.08 – 014) |
Sickness absence | ||||||
Never | 154 | 45 | 0.16 (0.13 – 0.19) | 185 | 49 | 0.10 (0.07 – 0.13) |
Sometimes | 174 | 51 | 0.23 (0.19 – 0.29) | 177 | 47 | 0.13 (0.10 – 0.16) |
Often | 11 | 4 | 0.25 (0.17 – 0.39) | 18 | 4 | 0.10 (0.06 – 0.19) |
Parental socio–economic status and health (16 yrs) | ||||||
Parental SES | ||||||
Low | 31 | 9 | 0.23 (0.19 – 0.28) | 40 | 11 | 0.14 (0.11 – 0.18) |
Middle | 203 | 60 | 0.20 (0.16 – 0.24) | 199 | 52 | 0.09 (0.07 – 0.12) |
High | 103 | 30 | 0.09 (0.06 – 0.12) | 130 | 34 | 0.12 (0.07 – 0.22) |
Father's employment status | ||||||
Employed | 304 | 90 | 0.19 (0.17 – 0.23) | 341 | 90 | 0.10 (0.08 – 0.12) |
Unemployed | 6 | 2 | 0.30 (0.16 – 0.56) | 3 | 1 | 0.23 (0.10 – 0.54) |
Old – age/disability pension | 7 | 2 | 0.21 (0.11 – 0.41) | 11 | 3 | 0.24 (0.14 – 0.40) |
Other | 22 | 6 | 0.22 (0.16 – 0.30) | 25 | 7 | 0.18 (0.11 – 0.30) |
Father's health status | ||||||
Healthy | 262 | 77 | 0.19 (0.16 – 0.23) | 306 | 81 | 0.11 (0.09 – 0.14) |
Not healthy | 71 | 21 | 0.22 (0.18 – 0.26) | 63 | 16 | 0.11 (0.08 – 0.16) |
Mother's health status | ||||||
Healthy | 274 | 81 | 0.20 (0.16 – 0.23) | 318 | 84 | 0.11 (0.09 – 0.14) |
Not health | 62 | 18 | 0.21 (0.16 – 0.27) | 58 | 15 | 0.10 (0.07 – 0.16) |