Table 2.

Association between the gender equality index and sickness benefit

Variables	Sickness benefit
	Men		Women
	No	Yes	No	Yes
Type of company, n (%)
Gender-equal companies	6639 (88.8)	835 (11.2)	3461 (81.8)	772 (18.2)
Gender-unequal companies	27669 (93.6)	1890 (6.4)	10380 (86.4)	1640 (13.6)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
Gender-equal companies	1.8 (1.7-2.0)		1.4 (1.3-1.5)
Gender-unequal companies	1		1
Adjusted OR (95% CI) *
Gender-equal companies	1.4 (1.3-1.5)		1.3 (1.1-1.4)
Gender-unequal companies	1		1

Note:*adjusted for age, education, income, full/part time and sector