Table 1 Descriptive statistics for employees in companies with an intervention (IA) and employees in companies without an intervention, Controls (Non-IA)
2000 | 2005 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention N = 105,081 (35.2) | Control N = 193,609 (64.8) | Intervention N = 125,360 (35.5) | Control N = 227,258 (64.5) | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Age | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | 28.9 (2.8) | 28.5 (2.8) | 33.7 (2.8) | 33.6 (2.8) | ||||
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 60,959 | 58 | 85,691 | 44 | 72,318 | 58 | 93,777 | 44 |
Company size | ||||||||
Small (0–10 employees) | 4572 | 4 | 53,915 | 28 | 5761 | 5 | 68,449 | 32 |
Medium (11–49 employees) | 26,384 | 25 | 70,529 | 37 | 33,122 | 26 | 84,858 | 39 |
Large (≥50 employees) | 73,000 | 70 | 65,152 | 34 | 86,474 | 69 | 63,985 | 29 |
Industry | ||||||||
Agriculture/forestry (A,B) | 277 | 0.3 | 3635 | 2 | 414 | 0.3 | 3344 | 2 |
Mining/quarrying (C) | 1195 | 1 | 2054 | 1 | 1964 | 2 | 3328 | 2 |
Manufacturinga (D) | 15,873 | 15 | 27,439 | 14 | 16,142 | 13 | 28,517 | 13 |
Electricity, gas and water supply (E) | 588 | 0.6 | 815 | 0.4 | 1195 | 1.0 | 2482 | 1 |
Constructiona (F) | 4493 | 4 | 16,267 | 8 | 4866 | 4 | 23,282 | 10 |
Wholesale and retaila (G) | 4761 | 4 | 50,969 | 26 | 4617 | 4 | 50,723 | 22 |
Hotel and restaurant work (H) | 1668 | 2 | 10,306 | 5 | 1106 | 1 | 6560 | 3 |
Transport and storagea (I) | 6602 | 6 | 13,933 | 7 | 7156 | 6 | 16,898 | 8 |
Financial and real estatea (J/K) | 6068 | 6 | 35,051 | 18 | 7305 | 6 | 41,016 | 18 |
Public administrationa (L) | 9915 | 9 | 2276 | 1 | 13,232 | 11 | 6488 | 3 |
Educationa (M) | 15,096 | 14 | 5153 | 3 | 21,100 | 17 | 8028 | 4 |
Health and social worka (N) | 36,449 | 35 | 16,203 | 8 | 46,752 | 35 | 25,776 | 11 |
Other community and social work (P/Q) | 2066 | 2 | 9421 | 5 | 2380 | 2 | 10,261 | 5 |
Sickness absence | ||||||||
LSAS (risk of long-term sickness absence spells > 16 days duration) | 17,804 | 17 | 26,921 | 14 | 22,034 | 18 | 32,708 | 14 |