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Table 2 Associations between unit-level downsizing and sickness absence

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

Change type

Model 1a

Model 2b

Short-term SA

Long-term SA

Short-term SA

Long-term SA

(< = 8 days)

(> = 9 days)

(< = 8 days)

(> = 9 days)

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Unit-level downsizing next quarter

0,67 (0,62-0,72)***

0,88 (0,78-0,98)**

0,68 (0,63-0,73)***

0,93 (0,83-1,04)ns

Unit-level downsizing this quarter

1,07 (0,99-1,16)ns

0,95 (0,85-1,06)ns

1,08 (1,00-1,17)*

0,99 (0,89-1,10)ns

Unit-level downsizing previous quarter

1,22 (1,12-1,33)***

1,05 (0,93-1,18)ns

1,24(1,14-1,35)***

1,08 (0,96-1,22)ns

Temporary contract

  

0,97 (0,92-1,01)ns

0,65 (0,61-0,70)***

Unit-level comittment

  

0,95 (0,91-0,99)**

0,87 (0,83-0,92)***

Unit-level control

  

0,92 (0,88-0,97)***

0,93 (0,89-0,98)**

Salary

  

1,00 (1,00-1,00)***

1,00 (1,00-1,00)***

Female

  

1,26 (1,19-1,33)***

1,94 (1,82-2,07)***

Age

  

0,99 (0,99-0,99)***

1,01 (1,00-1,01)***

Multiple job holder

  

1,12 (1,06-1,19)***

1,16 (1,07-1,25)***

Nurse (control)

Physician

  

0,40 (0,35-0,44)***

0,65 (0,58-0,74)***

Other patient-related position

  

0,90 (0,83-0,96)**

1,00 (0,92-1,07)ns

Administration/management

  

0,63 (0,58-0,69)***

0,83 (0,77-0,91)***

Kitchen/cleaning/orderly

  

1,80 (1,52-2,14)***

2,48 (2,14-2,87)***

Other operations

  

0,76 (0,67-0,86)***

1,11 (0,96-1,27)ns

Other

  

0,20 (0,17-0,24)***

0,52 (0,43-0,63)***

Norwegian (control)

Other Nordic

  

1,16 (1,04-1,29)**

0,89 (0,78-1,01)ns

Other Western

  

0,84 (0,72-0,99)*

0,85 (0,69-1,04)ns

Non-Western

  

0,90 (0,76-1,07)ns

0,86 (0,70-1,06)ns

  1. Logistic regression. Random effects analyses: random intercept for employee and work-unit
  2. Abbreviations: SA sickness absence, OR odds ratio, CI 95% confidence intervals, ns not significant
  3. Significance
  4. * p < .05
  5. ** p < .01
  6. *** p < .001
  7. aControl variables not included
  8. bControl variables included
  9. N-work-units: 1167; N-employees: 21,085; N-observations: 173,787