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Table 4 Prevalence (percentage) of additional outcomes and distribution of explanatory variables in three groups of people with paid employment and no self-reported reduced working capacity due to a longstanding illness: 0–28, 29–90, and >90 SA days.

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

  

No self-reported reduced working capacity due to a longstanding illness

 

Categories and levels

Number of SA days

  

0–28

29–90

>90

Number of persons

 

17,762

806

374

Additional outcomes

    

Psychosomatic complaints

 

16.0

23.6

28.7

Anxiety

 

11.7

17.2

22.9

Poor self-reported health status

 

8.3

17.7

29.7

Any additional outcome*

 

27.0

38.8

52.9

Distribution of explanatory variables

    

Sex

Female

 

66.0

64.5

 

Male

 

34.0

35.5

Age

25–34

 

30.9

21.6

 

35–44

 

24.2

21.5

 

45–54

 

27.6

30.2

 

55–64

 

17.2

26.8

Occupational status

Unskilled manual workers

 

31.3

27.5

 

Skilled manual workers

 

22.1

19.6

 

Lower-level employees

 

13.9

17.4

 

Middle-level employees and professionals

 

32.7

35.5

Employment

Part-time

 

27.4

24.8

 

Full-time

 

72.6

75.2

Quality of physical Working Environment

Poor

 

33.6

33.6

 

Good

 

66.4

66.4

Presence of stress at Work

Yes

 

39.6

47.0

 

No

 

60.4

53.0

Work-related social Support

Poor

 

7.4

9.8

 

Good

 

92.6

90.2

Corresponding number of persons in Swedish population

Estimated (N)

2,647,000

119,000

55,000

  1. * Any additional outcome = presence of one or more of the following: psychosomatic complaints, anxiety, or poor self-reported health status.