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Table 4 Within-twin pair associations between education, income, and sick leave (SL)

From: Socioeconomic status and sick leave granted for mental and somatic disorders: a prospective study of young adult twins

  

Dizygotic pairs

All twin pairs

Monozygotic pairs

  

b

(95% C.I.)

b

(95% C.I.)

b

(95% C.I.)

SL somatic

Education

−0.38

(−0.71, −0.05)

−0.21

(−0.48, 0.05)

0.21

(−0.21, 0.63)

 

Income

0.05

(−0.22, 0.31)

0.09

(−0.11, 0.30)

0.19

(−0.10, 0.48)

SL mental

Education

−0.06

(−0.25, 0.14)

−0.08

(−0.24, 0.08)

−0.14

(−0.43, 0.15)

 

Income

−0.09

(−0.25, 0.07)

−0.06

(−0.18, 0.05)

−0.02

(−0.18, 0.14)

SL any

Education

−0.56

(−0.94, −0.19)

−0.35

(−0.68, −0.03)

0.19

(−0.37, 0.75)

 

Income

0.00

(−0.30, 0.30)

0.09

(−0.15, 0.33)

0.30

(−0.07, 0.66)

N pairs

1187

 

2024

 

837

 
  1. SL granted for somatic, mental, and any disorder. Increase or reduction of sick leave in percentage points per unit increase in education or income.
  2. Notes: Bold values signify p < 0.05; Income and education were analyzed jointly, and results adjusted for sex and birth year.