Table 2.

Adjusted OR^* (CI 95%) for ≥60 days of sickness absence for individuals unemployed 1–99 or ≥100 days in 1992 compared with individuals with no unemployment in the same year

	1993–97		1998–2002		2003–07
	N	OR	N	OR	N	OR
Native Swedes
Women
1–99 days	1.543	1.04 (0.97–1.11)	3.163	1.10 (1.05–1.15)	3.530	1.15 (1.10–1.20)
≥100 days	1.237	1.27 (1.19–1.37)	2.243	1.30 (1.23–1.38)	2.462	1.36 (1.29–1.44)
Men
1–99 days	979	1.08 (1.00–1.17)	1.396	1.23 (1.15–1.32)	1.489	1.21 (1.13–1.29)
≥100 days	1.114	1.25 (1.15–1.34)	1.580	1.49 (1.40–1.59)	1.676	1.48 (1.39–1.58)
Immigrants
Women
1–99 days	305	1.02 (0.88–1.19)	707	1.11 (1.00–1.24)	841	1.34 (1.21–1.48)
≥100 days	324	1.34 (1.16–1.55)	649	1.24 (1.11–1.38)	712	1.33 (1.20–1.48)
Men
1–99 days	159	1.03 (0.84–1.26)	300	1.25 (1.08–1.46)	315	1.22 (1.06–1.42)
≥100 days	231	1.10 (0.92–1.32)	393	1.28 (1.11–1.47)	460	1.45 (1.27–1.65)

Within each group, zero days of unemployment are reference category.

* Adjusted for: age, income in 1991, education, residence in Sweden 1992, native country and sickness absence in 1991–92.