Table 2 Distribution of salaried men from early, middle, and late working life cohorts (WLCs; N = 4564) across sickness absence trajectories (> 15 accumulated days on sickness absence per quarter) by employment conditions, occupational category, diagnosis groups, and the prior 10-year labour market participation patterns in Catalonia, 2012–2014
MEN | Early WLC (N = 1315) | Middle WLC (N = 1747) | Late WLC (N = 1502) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low stable (88.1%) | High stable (8.7%) | Increasing (3.2%) | pa | Low stable (83.3%) | Decreasing (5.4%) | Increasing (11.3%) | pa | Low stable (82.9%) | High stable (16.3%) | Increasing (0.8%) | pa | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
Type of contract | ||||||||||||
Permanent contract | 923 (79.6) | 90 (78.9) | 31 (73.8) | .652 | 1228 (84.5) | 81 (85.3) | 162 (81.8) | .607 | 1114 (89.5) | 212 (86.5) | 12 (100.0) | .191 |
Temporary contract | 236 (20.4) | 24 (21.1) | 11 (26.2) | 226 (15.5) | 14 (14.7) | 36 (18.2) | 131 (10.5) | 33 (13.5) | 0 | |||
Working time | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 1018 (87.8) | 101 (88.6) | 35 (83.3) | .551b | 1311 (90.1) | 84 (88.4) | 178 (89.9) | .245 | 1167 (93.7) | 233 (95.1) | 10 (83.4) | .129b |
Part-time: > 50% up to 99% | 66 (5.7) | 7 (6.1) | 5 (11.9) | 72 (5.0) | 4 (4.2) | 5 (2.5) | 33 (2.7) | 8 (3.3) | 1 (8.3) | |||
≤ 50% | 75 (6.5) | 6 (5.3) | 2 (4.8) | 71 (4.9) | 7 (7.4) | 15 (7.6) | 45 (3.6) | 4 (1.6) | 1 (8.3) | |||
Occupational category | ||||||||||||
Skilled non-manual | 137 (11.8) | 7 (6.1) | 2 (4.8) | .167 | 232 (16.0) | 14 (14.7) | 21 (10.6) | .224 | 252 (20.3) | 46 (18.9) | 1 (8.4) | .161b |
Skilled manual | 514 (44.4) | 46 (40.4) | 22 (52.3) | 599 (41.1) | 40 (42.1) | 91 (46.0) | 502 (40.3) | 94 (38.4) | 3 (25.0) | |||
Unskilled non-manual | 348 (30.0) | 41 (36.0) | 10 (23.8) | 440 (30.3) | 26 (27.4) | 68 (34.3) | 382 (30.7) | 76 (31.2) | 4 (33.3) | |||
Unskilled manual | 160 (13.8) | 20 (17.5) | 8 (19.1) | 183 (12.6) | 15 (15.8) | 18 (9.1) | 108 (8.7) | 28 (11.5) | 4 (33.3) | |||
Income in quartiles | ||||||||||||
Highest | 347 (29.9) | 28 (24.6) | 9 (21.4) | .131 | 427 (29.3) | 24 (25.3) | 48 (24.2) | .260 | 349 (28.1) | 55 (22.4) | 4 (33.3) | .314b |
Third | 359 (31.0) | 32 (28.1) | 11 (26.2) | 466 (32.1) | 34 (35.8) | 56 (28.3) | 400 (32.1) | 96 (39.2) | 5 (41.7) | |||
Second | 290 (25.0) | 34 (29.8) | 10 (23.8) | 344 (23.7) | 25 (26.3) | 55 (27.8) | 324 (26.0) | 58 (23.7) | 2 (16.7) | |||
Lowest | 163 (14.1) | 20 (17.5) | 12 (28.6) | 217 (14.9) | 12 (12.6) | 39 (19.7) | 172 (13.8) | 36 (14.7) | 1 (8.3) | |||
Diagnosis group (ICD-10) | ||||||||||||
Mental | 151 (14.8) | 17 (15.9) | 10 (23.8) | .467 | 146 (11.9) | 14 (15.9) | 29 (16.5) | .001 | 107 (10.4) | 26 (12.3) | 1 (9.1) | .051b |
Digestive | 94 (9.2) | 7 (6.6) | 4 (9.5) | 188 (15.3) | 3 (3.4) | 9 (5.1) | 184 (17.9) | 19 (9.1) | 2 (18.1) | |||
Musculoskeletal | 264 (25.9) | 27 (25.2) | 12 (28.6) | 316 (25.7) | 21 (23.9) | 50 (28.4) | 313 (30.5) | 76 (36.4) | 3 (27.3) | |||
Injuries and poisoning | 297 (29.2) | 38 (35.5) | 12 (28.6) | 333 (27.1) | 30 (34.1) | 59 (33.5) | 149 (14.5) | 35 (16.8) | 3 (27.3) | |||
Others | 213 (20.9) | 18 (16.8) | 4 (9.5) | 245 (20.0) | 20 (22.7) | 29 (16.5) | 274 (26.7) | 53 (25.4) | 2 (18.2) | |||
Labour market articipation patterns | ||||||||||||
Stable employment | 735 (63.4) | 68 (59.7) | 30 (71.4) | .309 | 1045 (71.9) | 72 (75.8) | 147 (74.2) | .587 | 1013 (81.4) | 197 (80.4) | 11 (91.7) | .923b |
Increasing employment | 258 (22.3) | 27 (23.7) | 4 (9.5) | 213 (14.7) | 8 (8.4) | 28 (14.1) | 69 (5.5) | 16 (6.5) | 0 | |||
Fluctuant employment (early)/decreasing employment (middle and late) | 166 (14.3) | 19 (16.7) | 8 (19.1) | 90 (6.2) | 5 (5.3) | 10 (5.1) | 56 (4.5) | 8 (3.3) | 0 | |||
N/A (early)/Steeply decreasing employment (middle and late) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 106 (7.3) | 10 (10.5) | 13 (6.6) | 107 (8.6) | 24 (9.8) | 1 (8.3) | |||
Total | 1159 (100) | 114 (100) | 42 (100) | 1454 (100) | 95 (100) | 198 (100) | 1245 (100) | 245 (100) | 12 (100) | |||