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Table 1 Future labour market participation patterns (LMPPs) among salaried workers living in Catalonia (2012–2018)

From: Labour market participation after sickness absence due to cancer: a dynamic cohort study in Catalonia (Spain)

 

Employment trajectories

Women (N = 873)

Men (N = 675)

Stable employment (60.3%)

Decreasing labour market engagement (18.7%)

Temporariness (9.1%)

Increasing PD and death (7%)

Retirement (4.8%)

p value

Stable employment (56.9%)

Employment instability and early retirement (20%)

Increasing retirement (11.4%)

Death (7.1%)

PD (4.7%)

p value

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Comparison groups

 SA-cancer

170 (32.3)

42 (25.6)

27 (33.8)

38 (62.3)

14 (33.3)

 

118 (30.7)

32 (23.7)

25 (32.9)

42 (87.5)

8 (25.0)

 

 SA-other diagnoses

169 (32.1)

65 (39.6)

29 (36.3)

15 (24.6)

13 (31.0)

< 0.0001***

120 (31.3)

57 (42.2)

27 (35.5)

5 (10.4)

16 (50.0)

< 0.0001***

 No-SA for any diagnoses

187 (35.6)

57 (34.8)

24 (30.0)

8 (13.1)

15 (35.7)

 

146 (38.0)

46 (34.1)

24 (31.6)

1 (2.1)

8 (25.0)

 

Follow-up period

Age in 2012 (years)

  ≤ 25

3 (0.6)

4 (2.44)

2 (2.5)

*

*

< 0.0001***

3 (0.8)

3 (2.2)

*

*

*

< 0.0001***

  26–35

63 (12.0)

24 (14.6)

9 (11.3)

6 (8.8)

*

49 (12.8)

18 (13.3)

*

3 (6.3)

2 (6.3)

  36–45

186 (35.4)

55 (33.5)

23 (28.8)

18 (29.5)

*

93 (24.2)

18 (13.3)

*

8 (16.7)

1 (3.1)

  46–55

200 (38.0)

57 (34.8)

25 (31.3)

24 (39.4)

*

159 (41.4)

46 (34.1)

*

13 (27.1)

10 (31.3)

  > 55

74 (14.1)

24 (14.6)

21 (26.3)

13 (21.3)

42 (100)

20 (20.8)

50 (37.0)

76 (100)

24 (50.0)

19 (59.4)

Average monthly income (tertiles)

  High (> €2370.0)

167 (31.8)

27 (16.5)

14 (17.5)

12 (19.7)

3 (7.1)

< 0.0001***

196 (51.0)

46 (34.1)

24 (31.6)

15 (31.3)

5 (15.6)

< 0.0001***

  Medium (€1451.0–2370.0)

197 (37.5)

42 (25.6)

34 (42.5)

13 (19.7)

6 (14.3)

137 (35.7)

44 (32.6)

16 (21.1)

10 (20.8)

11 (34.4)

  Low (≤ €1450.0)

162 (30.8)

91 (55.5)

32 (40.0)

31 (50.8)

33 (78.6)

51 (13.3)

43 (31.9)

35 (46.1)

19 (39.6)

13 (40.6)

Occupational category

  Nonmanual skilled

136 (25.9)

31 (18.9)

22 (27.5)

10 (16.4)

16 (38.1)

0.003**

89 (23.2)

29 (21.5)

26 (34.2)

9 (18.75)

3 (9.4)

0.039*

  Nonmanual nonskilled

246 (46.8)

59 (36.0)

35 (43.8)

27 (44.3)

12 (28.6)

123 (32.0)

44 (32.6)

15 (19.7)

18 (37.5)

12 (37.5)

  Manual skilled

76 (14.5)

28 (17.1)

9 (11.3)

14 (23.0)

3 (7.1)

139 (36.2)

45 (33.3)

26 (34.2)

11 (22.9)

11 (34.4)

  Manual nonskilled

51 (9.7)

29 (17.7)

8 (10.0)

8 (13.1)

10 (23.8)

22 (5.7)

12 (8.9)

8 (10.5)

2 (4.2)

6 (18.8)

Company economic activity

  Manufacturing, energy, construction

84 (16.0)

16 (9.8)

6 (7.5)

6 (9.8)

1 (1.4)

0.016*

123 (32.0)

38 (28.2)

24 (31.6)

11 (22.9)

12 (37.5)

0.717

  Services

432 (82.1)

140 (85.4)

73 (91.3)

51 (83.6)

41 (97.6)

253 (65.9)

91 (67.4)

47 (61.8)

31 (64.6)

18 (56.3)

Working time (% weekly hours)

  Full-time (> 87.5%)

423 (80.4)

111 (67.7)

52 (65.0)

40 (66.7)

11 (26.2)

< 0.0001***

363 (94.5)

117 (86.7)

31 (40.8)

33 (68.8)

25 (78.1)

< 0.0001***

  Part-time (50%-87.5%)

89 (16.9)

33 (20.1)

11 (13.8)

15 (25.0)

4 (9.5)

14 (3.7)

8 (5.9)

5 (6.6)

4 (8.3)

5 (15.6)

  Short and marginal part-time (≤ 37.5%-49%)

14 (2.7)

19 (11.6)

17 (21.3)

5 (8.3)

27 (64.3)

7 (1.8)

10 (7.4)

39 (51.3)

5 (10.4)

2 (6.3)

Company size

  Small-medium (≤ 100 workers)

269 (51.1)

112 (68.7)

36 (45.0)

29 (48.3)

25 (59.5)

0.001**

229 (59.6)

92 (68.2)

49 (64.5)

23 (47.9)

24 (75.0)

0.156

  Large (> 100 workers)

257 (48.9)

51 (31.3)

44 (55.0)

31 (51.7)

17 (40.5)

155 (40.4)

43 (31.9)

26 (34.2)

19 (39.6)

8 (25.0)

Company ownership

  Private

373 (70.9)

108 (65.9)

37 (46.3)

42 (68.9)

33 (78.6)

< 0.0001***

303 (78.9)

98 (72.6)

55 (72.4)

32 (66.7)

27 (84.4)

0.956

  Public

102 (19.4)

22 (13.4)

32 (40.0)

11 (18.0)

7 (16.7)

59 (15.4)

19 (14.1)

13 (17.1)

6 (12.5)

4 (12.5)

5 years prior to follow-up

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

 

Employment time (ratio)

95.1 (12.9)

87.0 (22.7)

86.3 (23.6)

89.6 (18.6)

97.4 (9.3)

< 0.0001***

95.0 (13.6)

86.1 (23.4)

97.3 (10.1)

84.3 (29.1)

88.3 (21.1)

< 0.0001***

Total

526

164

80

61

42

 

384

135

76

48

32

 
  1. SA Sickness absence; The follow-up period ranged from 3 to 7 years, from cohort entry until the end of 2018; previous 5 years, calculated from each individual’s entry, SD Standard deviation
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001