Table 2.
Age-adjusted and gender-adjusted predictors of being assigned to different groups of labour market trajectories after the use of part-time sickness absence
| Sustained Work | Slightly Reduced work | Partial Work Disability | Other Non-Employed | Full Work Disability | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Age | |||||
| 45–50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 51–56 | 0.77 | 0.92 | 2.37 | 0.77 | 1.18 |
| (0.71 to 0.83) | (0.85 to 1.01) | (2.08 to 2.70) | (0.67 to 0.90) | (1.01 to 1.37) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Women | 0.89 | 1.34 | 1.24 | 0.69 | 0.71 |
| (0.81 to 0.98) | (1.21 to 1.49) | (1.07 to 1.43) | (0.59 to 0.81) | (0.61 to 0.84) | |
| Education | |||||
| Tertiary | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Secondary | 0.61 | 1.30 | 1.36 | 1.28 | 1.26 |
| (0.56 to 0.66) | (1.18 to 1.42) | (1.19 to 1.55) | (1.09 to 1.51) | (1.07 to 1.49) | |
| Primary | 0.53 | 1.43 | 1.13 | 1.74 | 1.31 |
| (0.46 to 0.61) | (1.24 to 1.65) | (0.92 to 1.39) | (1.38 to 2.18) | (1.03 to 1.67) | |
| Income (€/year) | |||||
| >60 000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 30 001–60 000 | 0.62 | 1.46 | 1.21 | 1.23 | 1.32 |
| (0.52 to 0.75) | (1.18 to 1.80) | (0.85 to 1.62) | (0.85 to 1.79) | (0.90 to 1.94) | |
| <30 000 | 0.37 | 1.57 | 1.94 | 1.72 | 1.88 |
| (0.31 to 0.45) | (1.27 to 1.95) | (1.41 to 2.68) | (1.18 to 2.50) | (1.27 to 2.77) | |
| Employment sector | |||||
| Private | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Public | 0.95 | 1.07 | 1.91 | 0.31 | 1.07 |
| (0.87 to 1.03) | (0.98 to 1.17) | (1.67 to 2.17) | (0.26 to 0.37) | (0.92 to 1.26) | |
| Physically heavy work | |||||
| <40% exposed | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ≥40% exposed | 0.66 | 1.32 | 1.23 | 1.09 | 1.13 |
| (0.60 to 0.72) | (1.20 to 1.44) | (1.09 to 1.40) | (0.93 to 1.27) | (0.97 to 1.32) | |
| Job control score | |||||
| >median (high) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ≤median (low) | 0.72 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 1.30 | 1.19 |
| (0.67 to 0.79) | (1.08 to 1.29) | (0.97 to 1.24) | (1.12 to 1.51) | (1.02 to 1.38) | |
| Disease group (dummies) | |||||
| Musculoskeletal | 0.74 | 1.38 | 1.15 | 0.94 | 0.89 |
| (0.68 to 0.80) | (1.27 to 1.51) | (1.02 to 1.30) | (0.81 to 1.09) | (0.76 to 1.03) | |
| Mental | 1.08 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 1.15 | 1.24 |
| (0.99 to 1.19) | (0.77 to 0.93) | (0.79 to 1.04) | (0.98 to 1.35) | (1.06 to 1.46) | |
| Nervous | 0.68 | 0.92 | 1.57 | 1.19 | 1.58 |
| (0.55 to 0.84) | (0.74 to 1.14) | (1.20 to 2.05) | (0.84 to 1.69) | (1.15 to 2.17) | |
| Circulatory | 1.18 | 0.75 | 1.46 | 0.66 | 1.01 |
| (0.97 to 1.43) | (0.60 to 0.93) | (1.12 to 1.91) | (0.43 to 0.99) | (0.71 to 1.43) | |
| Neoplasms | 1.62 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 1.30 | 1.27 |
| (1.37 to 1.91) | (0.49 to 0.73) | (0.41 to 0.75) | (0.98 to 1.73) | (0.95 to 1.70) | |
| Injuries | 1.90 | 0.84 | 0.49 | 0.77 | 0.45 |
| (1.65 to 2.20) | (0.71 to 0.98) | (0.37 to 0.65) | (0.57 to 1.03 | (0.32 to 0.65) |
Models are further adjusted for the start year of part-time sickness absence.