The Magnitude of Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence: 15-Year Trends among Young and Middle-Aged Municipal Employees
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Sickness Absence
2.3. Occupational Class
2.4. Statistical Methods
3. Results
3.1. The Magnitude of Relative Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence Days among Younger Women and Men
3.2. The Magnitude of Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence Days among Older Women and Men
3.3. Differences between Groups
4. Discussion
Methodological Considerations
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Group | Occupational Class | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | 2016 |
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18–34-year-olds, n (%) | |||||
Women | Managers and professionals | 1067 (12.1) | 1103 (13.3) | 1350 (13.9) | 1029 (11.5) |
Semi-professionals | 2082 (23.7) | 1797 (21.7) | 2494 (25.7) | 2692 (30.2) | |
Routine non-manuals | 4480 (51.0) | 4307 (52.1) | 4827 (49.7) | 4369 (48.9) | |
Manual workers | 1154 (13.1) | 1057 (12.8) | 1032 (10.6) | 836 (9.4) | |
All | 8783 | 8264 | 9703 | 8926 | |
Men | Managers and professionals | 380 (13.9) | 395 (14.7) | 484 (14.7) | 408 (11.5) |
Semi-professionals | 369 (13.5) | 326 (12.1) | 488 (14.8) | 488 (17.8) | |
Routine non-manuals | 861 (31.4) | 859 (32.0) | 968 (29.4) | 992 (36.2) | |
Manual workers | 1132 (41.3) | 1107 (41.2) | 1353 (41.1) | 855 (31.2) | |
All | 2742 | 2687 | 3293 | 2743 | |
35–59-year-olds, n (%) | |||||
Women | Managers and professionals | 3732 (18.2) | 3715 (18.4) | 3744 (19.0) | 2920 (17.3) |
Semi-professionals | 4478 (21.8) | 5009 (24.8) | 5556 (28.2) | 5393 (32.0) | |
Routine non-manuals | 9268 (45.1) | 8821 (43.6) | 8352 (42.3) | 7072 (42.0) | |
Manual workers | 3075 (15.0) | 2692 (13.3) | 2075 (10.5) | 1455 (8.6) | |
All | 20553 | 20237 | 19727 | 16840 | |
Men | Managers and professionals | 1851 (26.5) | 1771 (26.8) | 1692 (26.5) | 1312 (25.7) |
Semi-professionals | 1142 (16.4) | 1148 (17.4) | 1183 (18.5) | 1103 (21.6) | |
Routine non-manuals | 863 (12.4) | 1062 (16.1) | 1212 (19.0) | 1224 (24.0) | |
Manual workers | 3127 (44.8) | 2623 (39.7) | 2301 (36.0) | 1471 (28.8) | |
All | 6983 | 6604 | 6388 | 5110 |
Group | Occupational Class | 2002 | 2007 | 2012 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18–34-year-olds | |||||
Women | Managers and professionals | 762 | 853 | 795 | 674 |
Semi-professionals | 1314 | 1481 | 1300 | 1232 | |
Routine non-manuals | 1684 | 1979 | 1845 | 1831 | |
Manual workers | 1814 | 1959 | 1652 | 1579 | |
All | 1498 | 1694 | 1519 | 1485 | |
Men | Managers and professionals | 456 | 520 | 479 | 507 |
Semi-professionals | 863 | 1171 | 906 | 966 | |
Routine non-manuals | 1278 | 1441 | 1206 | 1331 | |
Manual workers | 1378 | 1484 | 1096 | 1167 | |
All | 1124 | 1274 | 994 | 1085 | |
35–59-year-olds | |||||
Women | Managers and professionals | 977 | 1055 | 1025 | 888 |
Semi-professionals | 1458 | 1608 | 1561 | 1532 | |
Routine non-manuals | 2103 | 2445 | 2287 | 2066 | |
Manual workers | 2544 | 2869 | 2503 | 2173 | |
All | 1813 | 2025 | 1855 | 1693 | |
Men | Managers and professionals | 622 | 770 | 697 | 646 |
Semi-professionals | 1109 | 1507 | 1129 | 1187 | |
Routine non-manuals | 1761 | 2018 | 1669 | 1553 | |
Manual workers | 2033 | 2215 | 1863 | 1799 | |
All | 1440 | 1645 | 1373 | 1301 |
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Sumanen, H.; Lahelma, E.; Pietiläinen, O.; Rahkonen, O. The Magnitude of Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence: 15-Year Trends among Young and Middle-Aged Municipal Employees. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060625
Sumanen H, Lahelma E, Pietiläinen O, Rahkonen O. The Magnitude of Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence: 15-Year Trends among Young and Middle-Aged Municipal Employees. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(6):625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060625
Chicago/Turabian StyleSumanen, Hilla, Eero Lahelma, Olli Pietiläinen, and Ossi Rahkonen. 2017. "The Magnitude of Occupational Class Differences in Sickness Absence: 15-Year Trends among Young and Middle-Aged Municipal Employees" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 6: 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060625