Work-related psychosocial events as triggers of sick leave - results from a Swedish case-crossover study

Table 1 Characteristics of the interviewed individuals (n = 432)

Individual baseline variables		%
Age	Mean: 43 years
Sex	Women	60%
Occupational sector	Health care	23%
	Manufacturing	54%
	Office work	23%
Socioeconomic status	Unskilled manuals	24%
	Skilled manuals	19%
	Lower non-manuals	20%
	Middle non-manuals	30%
	Higher non-manuals	5%
Self-rated health ¹	Very good or good	78%
	Fair, bad or very bad	22%
Housework ²	All (100%)	23%
	Half or more	57%
	Less than half	16%
Partner relationship	Yes	76%
Have children (aged 0-18 years)	Yes	44%
Attendance requirements ³	Always or often	9%
	Sometimes	39%
	Seldom or never	49%
Adjustment latitude ⁴	Never	28%
	Seldom	25%
	Sometimes	36%
	Often	9%
Number of sick-leave days during the 12 months prior to inclusion	None	18%
	1-7 days	51%
	8-30 days	23%
	31-90 days	2%
	More than 90 days	3%

1 Measured by the question: "What do you consider your health status as in general?".
2 Measured by the question: "How large a share of the total amount of house work do you perform?".
3 Measured by the question: "Can staying home for one or two days because of illness, be difficult for you because of work demands?".
4 Measured by the question: "If you are tired, out of sorts, or have a headache, are you able to adjust work to how you are feeling?".

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