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Table 1 Risk of long-term sickness absence (LSA) according to potential determinants

From: “Inclusive working life in Norway”: a registry-based five-year follow-up study

 

Women (N=5706)

Men (N=5289)

 

IW** (N=2733)

Non- IW (N=2973)

IW (N=2058)

Non- IW (N=3231)

 

Percent of total

LSA risk

Percent of total

LSA risk

Percent of total

LSA risk

Percent of total

LSA risk

Total

100

0.432

100

0.416

100

0.223

100

0.243

Age

 

30

31.0

0.485

30.9

0.459

31.1

0.138

29.9

0.174

40

26.0

0.389

22.3

0.374

24.9

0.223

21.7

0.254

45

23.4

0.399

21.2

0.374

23.2

0.262

19.4

0.254

60

19.6

0.444

25.5

0.437

20.8

0.312

29.0

0.300

Education*

 

1

5.3

0.507

8.8

0.502

6.7

0.449

8.2

0.395

2

20.3

0.459

23.3

0.457

12.9

0.342

17.1

0.326

3

16.8

0.472

20.3

0.430

19.6

0.278

25.8

0.281

4

37.2

0.441

33.0

0.391

30.9

0.171

28.8

0.176

5

17.7

0.313

11.3

0.304

27.1

0.117

16.3

0.110

Missing

2.7

0.479

3.4

0.470

2.8

0.345

3.7

0.378

Industrial classification

 

Secondary industry

3.7

0.363

6.1

0.383

7.7

0.302

13.9

0.267

Tertiary industry (heavy)

9.1

0.430

17.5

0.437

16.4

0.260

20.3

0.290

Office work

24.3

0.386

23.4

0.407

33.8

0.172

26.9

0.157

Teaching sector

7.7

0.386

11.6

0.391

7.4

0.203

4.7

0.255

Health sector

38.5

0.484

21.4

0.447

16.3

0.262

7.7

0.222

Missing

16.7

0.416

20.1

0.402

18.3

0.223

26.5

0.287

Shift work, night work or rotating hours?

 

No

66.7

0.392

76.9

0.392

65.9

0.192

73.2

0.215

Yes

19.3

0.530

9.2

0.511

18.2

0.261

10.1

0.374

Missing

14.0

0.483

13.9

0.488

15.8

0.307

16.7

0.289

Physical job demands

 

Mainly sedentary

50.9

0.383

53.4

0.380

56.0

0.162

53.7

0.176

Involving significant walking

18.9

0.462

22.7

0.432

16.7

0.271

16.3

0.294

Heavy physical work or work involving significant walking and lifting

15.8

0.506

9.1

0.507

11.1

0.364

12.8

0.403

Missing

14.3

0.483

14.8

0.469

16.3

0.287

17.1

0. 288

  1. *Level of education was collapsed into five categories: Primary education/Lower secondary (1) Upper secondary education, basic (2) Upper secondary, final year/post-secondary non-tertiary education (3) First stage of tertiary education, undergraduate level (4) First stage of tertiary education, graduate level/postgraduate education (5).
  2. ** IW persons: persons employed in an IW enterprise after the agreement was enacted in 2001.