Table 1 Demographic variables
From: Long working hours and sickness absence—a fixed effects design
Prospective cohort | Fixed effects (all) | Fixed effects (worked > 41 h) | Fixed effects (worked > 48 h) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 5910 | 18,221 | 5889 | 1631 |
Long working hours (> 48 h) | 1% | 9% | 28% | 100% |
Semi-long hours (41–48 h) | 6% | 31% | 96% | 86% |
Short sickness absence | 73% | 64% | 64% | 52% |
Long sickness absence | 23% | 14% | 14% | 13% |
Extra-long sickness absence | 12% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
Age | 45 (SD 12) | 42 (SD 12) | 43 (SD 12) | 44 (SD 11) |
Salary | 506,685 (SD 160094) | 649,470 (SD 369401) | 746,052 (SD 438982) | 887,558 (SD 479854) |
Female | 67% | 71% | 58% | 43% |
Temporary contract | 16% | 32% | 38% | 45% |
Multiple jobholders | 3% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
Norwegian | 92% | 92% | 92% | 91% |
Other Nordic | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Other western | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Non Western | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
Physician | 11% | 16% | 37% | 67% |
Nurse | 30% | 32% | 27% | 12% |
Other patient-related | 20% | 22% | 14% | 10% |
Administration/management | 23% | 17% | 10% | 6% |
Kitchen/cleaning/orderly | 6% | 4% | 5% | 0% |
Other operations | 6% | 4% | 4% | 2% |
Other | 6% | 5% | 3% | 2% |