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Table 1 Characteristics of the study group in 2002 (n=9844), n (%)

From: Short-term sick leave and future risk of sickness absence and unemployment - the impact of health status

  

Short-term sick-leave (STSL) spells in 2002

   

No spell n (%)

Low STSL (1 spell) n (%)

High STSL (>1 spell) n (%)

P-value*

 

Total

4895 (49.7)

3125 (31.8)

1824 (18.5)

 

Sex

Men

2733 (56.8)

1430 (29.3)

714 (14.6)

 
 

Women

2162 (43.5)

1695 (34.1)

1110 (22.4)

< 0.0001

Age

18-29

429 (33.0)

425 (32.7)

446 (34.3)

 
 

30-44

1828 (45.0)

1363 (33.6)

871 (21.4)

 
 

45-59

2638 (58.9)

1337 (29.8)

507 (11.3)

< 0.0001

Socio-economic position 2002

Manual and skilled manual worker

953 (44.8)

697 (32.8)

477 (22.4)

 
 

Low non-manual workers

554 (43.4)

447 (35.0)

277 (21.7)

 
 

Middle and high non-manual workers

2549 (48.4)

1748 (33.2)

968 (18.4)

 
 

Self-employed and farmers

741 (73.3)

189 (18.7)

81 (8.0)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

98

44

21

 

Born outside of Sweden

Yes

701 (55.1)

379 (29.8)

193 (15.2)

 
 

No

4179 (48.9)

2738 (32.1)

1626 (19.0)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

15

8

5

 

Self-rated health

Very good/Good

4275 (51.2)

2652 (31.8)

1418 (17.0)

 
 

Fair/Bad/Very bad

579 (41.1)

446 (31.6)

385 (27.3)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

41

27

21

 

Mental wellbeing measured with GHQ 12

Yes to < 3 items

4103 (51.9)

2485 (31.4)

1315 (16.6)

 
 

Yes to >= 3 items

715 (40.1)

592 (33.2)

477 (26.7)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

77

48

32

 

Limiting longstanding illness

Yes, to a high degree/Yes, to some degree

399 (43.6)

264 (28.8)

253 (27.6)

 
 

No

4459 (50.4)

2830 (32.0)

1555 (17.6)

< 0.0001

 

Missing

37

31

16

 
  1. *P-values for Chi square tests.