Short-term and long-term sick-leave in Sweden: relationships with social circumstances, working conditions and gender
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The primary aim of the study was to analyse similarities and differences between repeated spells of short-term sick-leave (more than 3 spells of less than 7 days' duration in a 12-month period) and long-term absence through sickness (at least 1 spell of more than 59 days' duration in a 12-month period) in relation to variables representing certain social circumstances and aspects of the work situation. Particular attention was paid to gender differences. The study, which had a cross-sectional design, employed data from the surveys of living conditions (ULF) conducted by Statistics Sweden over the period 1986-89. The study group comprised 13,828 employed persons between the ages of 16 and 65. The results suggested the existence of a common mechanism by which a variety of factors are related to the taking of both repeated short spells and long-term sick-leave; gender differences with regard to the effect of working conditions on the taking of sick-leave may be incorrectly estimated if factors related to occupational structure are not taken into consideration; a less than additive effect of physical job demands and repeated short spells of sick-leave on subjective health was found.
Original language | English |
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Book series | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Supplement |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 265-72 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1403-4956 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1995 |
- Absenteeism, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Attitude to Health, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Incidence, Job Satisfaction, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Sick Leave, Socioeconomic Factors, Sweden, Workload
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