Work-related moderators of the relationship between organizational change and sickness absence: a longitudinal multilevel study

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

	Number of employees	% of N (employees)
N	21,085
Unit-level downsizing next quarter	4037	19%
Unit-level downsizing this quarter	3805	18%
Unit-level downsizing previous quarter	3245	15%
Short-term sickness absence	16,612	79%
Long-term sickness absence	9178	44%
Temporary contract	8101	38%
Unit-level commitment	1,8	(SD 0.6 Range 0–4)
Unit-level control	2,8	(SD 0.4 Range 0–4)
Age	44	(SD 12)
Salary	529	(SD 227)
Female	15,535	74%
Physician	3043	14%
Nurse (control)	7450	35%
Other patient-related position	4987	24%
Administration/management	3068	15%
Kitchen/cleaning/orderly	842	4%
Other operations	870	4%
Other	825	4%
Multiple job holder	5170	25%
Norwegian (control)	19,513	93%
Other Nordic	809	4%
Other Western	400	2%
Non-Western	363	2%

Descriptive statistics for unit-level downsizing, temporary contract and short- and long-term sickness absence show the percentage of employees with minimum one instance on the given variable. Salary, age, and unit-level commitment and control are given as employees’ mean throughout the study period. N refers to all employees qualified to be included in the analyses

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