Table 3.

Adjusted OR^* (CI 95%) for ≥60 days of sickness absence for individuals, both native Swedes and immigrants, exposed to different lengths of unemployment in 1992 compared with individuals with no exposure to unemployment in the same year

	1993–97		1998–2002		2003–7
	N	OR	N	OR	N	OR
1–49 days	1.498	1.03 (0.97–1.09)	2.809	1.12 (1.07–1.17)	3.103	1.15 (1.10–1.20)
50–99 days	1.488	1.06 (1.00–1.13)	2.757	1.18 (1.13–1.24)	3.072	1.24 (1.19–1.30)
100–149 days	1.118	1.18 (1.10–1.27)	1.985	1.26 (1.20–1.33)	2.247	1.35 (1.29–1.43)
150–199 days	748	1.28 (1.18–1.40)	1.269	1.42 (1.33–1.52)	1.353	1.43 (1.34–1.52)
200–249 days	526	1.30 (1.18–1.44)	841	1.44 (1.32–1.56)	896	1.46 (1.35–1.58)
250–299 days	298	1.29 (1.13–1.48)	463	1.48 (1.33–1.65)	481	1.48 (1.33–1.64)
≥300 days	216	1.36 (1.16–1.60)	307	1.43 (1.25–1.64)	333	1.54 (1.35–1.76)

Zero days of unemployment are reference category.

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