The gender gap in sickness absence from work and the influence of parental absence on offspring absence 15 years later: register-based cohort of Norwegians born in 1974–1976

Table 3 Associations between parental sickness absence (exposure) and diagnosis-specific sickness absence among index persons: women

Sickness absence category	Absence risk	Crude risk difference	(95 % CI)	Adjusted risk difference^a	(95 % CI)
All-cause absence
Not exposed	29.5	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	33.3	+3.8	(+2.6 to +4.9)	+3.4	(+2.2 to +4.5)
Musculoskeletal (ICPC L)
Not exposed	6.7	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	9.2	+2.5	(+1.8 to +3.2)	+1.8	(+1.2 to +2.5)
Psychiatric (ICPC P)
Not exposed	6.0	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	7.4	+1.4	(+0.7 to +2.0)	+1.2	(+0.5 to +1.8)
Pregnancy-related (ICPC W)
Not exposed	10.2	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	9.4	−0.8	(−1.5 to −0.1)	−0.4	(−1.1 to +0.3)
Other than pregnancy-related
Not exposed	20.0	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	24.5	+4.6	(+3.5 to +5.6)	+3.6	(+2.6 to +4.6)

CI confidence interval, ICPC International Classification of Primary Care, 2^nd Edition
^aIn a model including parental sickness absence, mother’s and father’s education level, and father’s income

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