Table 3.

Mutually 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	0.79	0.89	2.31	0.82	1.18
	(0.72 to 0.86)	(0.81 to 0.97)	(2.02 to 2.64)	(0.71 to 0.96)	(1.01 to 1.38)
Gender
Men	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Women	0.97	1.33	0.91	0.88	0.62
	(0.87 to 1.08)	(1.19 to 1.49)	(0.77 to 1.07)	(0.73 to 1.05)	(0.52 to 0.75)
Education
Tertiary	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary	0.76	1.15	1.19	1.14	1.17
	(0.68 to 0.84)	(1.04 to 1.29)	(1.02 to 1.40)	(0.94 to 1.38)	(0.97 to 1.42)
Primary	0.68	1.27	1.07	1.31	1.22
	(0.58 to 0.79)	(1.09 to 1.49)	(0.85 to 1.35)	(1.01 to 1.70)	(0.93 to 1.60)
Income (€/year)
>60 000	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
30 001–60 000	0.76	1.23	1.01	1.14	1.26
	(0.63 to 0.92)	(0.98 to 1.53)	(0.72 to 1.41)	(0.94 to 1.38)	(0.85 to 1.88)
<30 000	0.53	1.17	1.45	2.24	1.69
	(0.43 to 0.66)	(0.92 to 1.48)	(1.02 to 2.05)	(1.49 to 3.37)	(1.11 to 1.60)
Employment sector
Private	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Public	0.93	1.12	1.91	0.29	1.06
	(0.85 to 1.02)	(1.02 to 1.23)	(1.67 to 2.05)	(0.24 to 0.34)	(0.90 to 1.25)
Physically heavy work
<40% exposed	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
≥40% exposed	0.85	1.17	1.02	0.98	1.00
	(0.76 to 0.94)	(1.06 to 1.23)	(0.88 to 1.18)	(0.82 to 1.18)	(0.84 to 1.19)
Job control score
>median (high)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
≤median (low)	0.95	1.04	1.07	0.86	1.09
	(0.87 to 1.06)	(0.94 to 1.15)	(0.93 to 1.23)	(0.73 to 1.03)	(0.92 to 1.30)
Disease group (dummies)
Musculoskeletal	1.04	1.07	0.87	0.87	1.01
	(0.87 to 1.24)	(0.89 to 1.28)	(0.67 to 1.12)	(0.63 to 1.21)	(0.72 to 1.42)
Mental	1.11	0.86	0.76	1.25	1.39
	(0.93 to 1.33)	(0.71 to 1.04)	(0.58 to 0.99)	(0.89 to 1.74)	(0.98 to 1.96)
Nervous	0.81	0.84	1.24	1.16	1.72
	(0.62 to 1.07)	(0.64 to 1.10)	(0.87 to 1.77)	(0.73 to 1.85)	(1.10 to 2.68)
Circulatory	1.35	0.70	1.22	0.66	1.14
	(1.04 to 1.74)	(0.53 to 0.92)	(0.85 to 1.73)	(0.40 to 1.10)	(0.71 to 1.82)
Neoplasms	1.69	0.59	0.49	1.26	1.48
	(1.34 to 2.13)	(0.46 to 0.76)	(0.34 to 0.72)	(0.84 to 1.90)	(0.97 to 2.24)
Injuries	2.13	0.77	0.44	0.68	0.53
	(1.73 to 2.63)	(0.62 to 0.96)	(0.31 to 0.63)	(0.46 to 1.02)	(0.34 to 0.85)

Models are further adjusted for the start year of part-time sickness absence.