Table 1 Variables, Expected predictive association, and sources
Variable | Expected predictive association | Source | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcomes | |||
Health benefit recipient Recipient of other benefits Not benefit recipient | The Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalisation | ||
Predictors | |||
Job group skill level (last recorded during a two-year period preceding baseline) | Faster RTW for higher job skill level | Income Statistics Registry | |
Industrial sector (last recorded during a two-year period preceding baseline) | Slower RTW for the educational and training industry | [11] | Employment Classification Module |
Reason for sickness absence (self-reported) | Slower RTW for increasing severity | [9] | Local jobs and municipality offices |
Gender | Inconclusive | [9] | Central Person Registry |
Age (at baseline) | Slower RTW for higher age | [9] | Central Person Registry |
Family type (in the calendar year preceding baseline) | Slower RTW for having a partner No reports for children | [9] | Central Person Registry |
Employed at baseline (vs unemployed) | Faster RTW for employed | [18] | Local jobs and municipality offices |
Unemployment insurance (in the calendar year preceding baseline) | Inconclusive due to selection effect of UI | [19] | The Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalisation |
Danish citizenship | Faster RTW | Central Person Registry | |
Calendar year (at the start of the concerned sickness absence episode) | None | Local jobs and municipality offices | |
Time passed between the first day of sickness absence and the baseline visit at the jobs and benefits office | Slower for longer TTV | [20] | Local jobs and municipality offices |
Participation in Danish RTW-program | None | Local jobs and municipality offices | |
Number of weeks with healt- related social transfer payments during a two-year period prior to the baseline sickness absence episode | Slower RTW for more history as health benefit recipient | [9] | The Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalisation |
Number of weeks with other social transfer payments (except for state educational grants and maternity/paternity leave benefits) during a two-year period prior to the baseline sickness absence episode | Slower RTW for more history as other social benefit recipient | [18] | The Danish Register for Evaluation of Marginalisation |
Data-split variable | |||
Geographical region | Local jobs and municipality offices | ||