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Table 3 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of self-reported reduced working capacity due to longstanding illness in Model I (age- and sex-adjusted) and Model II (main effect model also adjusted for all other explanatory variables) among people with paid employment.

From: Sickness absence poses a threat to the Swedish Welfare State: a cross-sectional study of sickness absence and self-reported illness

Explanatory variables

Categories and levels

Model I

Model II

  

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sickness Absence (days)

0–28

1 (Reference)

1 (Reference)

 

29–90

3.54 (3.09–4.06)

3.20 (2.79–3.68)

 

>90

19.0 (16.7–21.6)

17.7 (15.5–20.2)

Sex

Male

 

1.16 (1.06–1.27)

 

Female

 

1 (Reference)

De facto marital Status

Living alone

 

1.15 (1.04–1.27)

 

Married/cohabiting

 

1 (Reference)

Occupational status

Unskilled manual workers

 

1.61 (1.43–1.81)

 

Skilled manual workers

 

1.56 (1.38–1.77)

 

Lower-level employees

 

1.51 (1.33–1.71)

 

Middle-level employees and professionals

 

1 (Reference)

Employment

Part-time

 

1.79 (1.62–1.98)

 

Full-time

 

1 (Reference)

Housing Tenure

Renting

 

1.10 (1.00–1.21)

 

Owning

 

1 (Reference)

Quality of physical working environment

Poor

 

1.36 (1.23–1.51)

 

Good

 

1 (Reference)

Presence of stress at work

Yes

 

1.34 (1.23–1.46)

 

No

 

1 (Reference)

Work-related social support

Poor

 

1.17 (1.01–1.36)

 

Good

 

1 (Reference)

Model fit Hosmer-Lemeshow

p-value

0.98

0.91