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Occupation and unemployment rates as predictors of long term sickness absence in two Swedish counties

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  • Knutsson, Anders
  • Goine, Hans

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The study was aimed to describe the prevalence of long term sickness absence in common male and female occupations and to determine the relative importance of unemployment rates for sickness absence. The prevalence of long term sick leave was investigated among 12 male and female occupations (N=84,319) in two counties of Sweden. The age-adjusted sickness absence rate ranged between 0.5 and 9.5% among women and between 1.2 and 9.1% in men. When controlling for age and occupation there was no relationship between unemployment rates and sickness absence rate among females. Among males, however, an inverse relationship between unemployment rates and long term sickness absence was found. An unemployment rate of 6.1% or higher was associated with a relative risk for sickness absence of 0.4 compared with reference level 1.0 in the group with the lowest unemployment rate (0-1.1%). There was a strong positive correlation between age and absenteeism. Musculoskeletal symptoms was the dominating diagnostic group in all age groups.

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  • Knutsson, Anders & Goine, Hans, 1998. "Occupation and unemployment rates as predictors of long term sickness absence in two Swedish counties," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 47(1), pages 25-31, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:47:y:1998:i:1:p:25-31
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    1. J. Jarl & U.-G. Gerdtham, 2012. "Does drinking affect long-term sickness absence? A sample selection approach correcting for employment and accounting for drinking history," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(22), pages 2811-2825, August.
    2. Gudrun Biffl, 2005. "The Socio-Economic Background of Health in Austria. With Special Emphasis on the Role of the Employment Status," Austrian Economic Quarterly, WIFO, vol. 10(1), pages 40-54, March.
    3. Gudrun Biffl, 2004. "Health and Employment Status. The Case of Austria," WIFO Working Papers 219, WIFO.
    4. Ziebarth, Nicolas R., 2013. "Long-term absenteeism and moral hazard—Evidence from a natural experiment," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 277-292.
    5. Gudrun Biffl, 2002. "Der Krankenstand als wichtiger Arbeitsmarktindikator," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 75(1), pages 39-52, January.
    6. Andrén, Daniela, 2001. "Long-Term Absenteeism Due To Sickness: The Swedish Experience, 1986-1991," Working Papers in Economics 47, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.

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