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Table 2 Number and percentage of employed and non-employed in 1998, 2003 and 2008 with regard to job-to-job mobility

From: Sick leave and the impact of job-to-job mobility on the likelihood of remaining on the labour market - a longitudinal Swedish register study

Base year

Job mobility

Days of sick leave

Females

Males

Non-employed 3 years later % ( n)

Employed 3 years later % ( n)

Non-employed 3 years later % ( n)

Employed 3 years later % ( ncp

1994

Changed jobs 1994–1995

0

9.6 (15754)

90.4 (148467)*

7.2 (13024)

92.8 (167566)*

1–180

14.7 (4370)

85.3 (25319)

15.1 (2684)

84.9 (15071)

181–365

34.9 (583)

65.1 (1086)*

35.5 (440)

64.5 (801)*

Same job 1994–1995

0

8.2 (76472)

91.8 (860900)

6.2 (64302)

93.8 (980129)

1–180

14.8 (23403)

85.2 (134892)

14.6 (14540)

85.4 (85362)

181–365

42.6 (4443)

57.4 (5979)

45.0 (2848)

55.0 (3479)

1999

Changed jobs 1999–2000

0

11.1 (26751)

88.9 (215198)*

9.5 (27118)

90.5 (258911)*

1–180

14.5 (5741)

85.5 (33921)*

14.8 (3440)

85.2 (19860)

181–365

33.0 (1091)

67.0 (2217)*

26.1 (361)

73.9 (1022)*

Same job 1999–2000

0

9.2 (90405)

90.8 (887677)

8.1 (94255)

91.9 (1066225)

1–180

15.5 (25395)

84.5 (138014)

15.0 (14236)

85.0 (80365)

181–365

43.8 (7843)

56.2 (10069)

31.9 (1993)

68.1 (4248)

2004

Changed jobs 2004–2005

0

6.4 (12083)

93.6 (176354)*

5.6 (12093)

94.4 (203102)*

1–180

9.0 (2898)

91.0 (29271)*

9.9 (1673)

90.1 (15296)

181–365

19.2 (976)

80.8 (4106)*

21.1 (572)

78.9 (2136)*

Same job 2004–2005

0

5.1 (54906)

94.9 (1016062)

4.2 (51074)

95.8 (1165491)

1–180

8.9 (14802)

91.1 (151591)

10.0 (8514)

90.0 (76912)

181–365

23.3 (6449)

76.7 (21200)

25.2 (3283)

74.8 (9740)

  1. *p = <0.05. x2, comparing distributions between non-employed and employed among those who changed jobs and those that remained in the same jobs, within each level of sick leave.
  2. In the cohort from 1994, 1998 is the outcome year. In the cohort from 1999, 2003 is the outcome year. In the cohort from 2004, 2008 is the outcome year.