Table 1.
Descriptive statistics by education and year for the sample used in the random effects analyses
| Sample | Sickness absence, days (spells of 16 days or longer) | Age | Reorganization | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | % included in FE analysis | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Male | Low (<=1.5) | Moderate (1.5-3) | High (>3) | |
| Total | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 55,933 | 28% | 23.3 | 57.3 | 43.9 | 11.0 | 19% | 39% | 35% | 26% | |
| 2007 | 50,782 | 31% | 24.8 | 59.9 | 44.9 | 11.0 | 19% | 16% | 52% | 31% | |
| Baseline characteristics in 2005 by education | |||||||||||
| Primary | 4,048 | 7% | 35% | 39.0 | 75.3 | 47.7 | 10.1 | 18% | · | · | · |
| Secondary | 7,463 | 13% | 30% | 26.5 | 61.6 | 47.5 | 10.9 | 24% | · | · | · |
| Secondary health training | 6,830 | 12% | 38% | 32.0 | 66.7 | 47.1 | 11.1 | 7% | · | · | · |
| Tertiary, lower | 9,376 | 17% | 25% | 19.3 | 52.0 | 42.5 | 10.6 | 20% | · | · | · |
| Trained nurses | 21,608 | 39% | 28% | 22.1 | 54.5 | 41.4 | 10.5 | 8% | · | · | · |
| Tertiary, higher | 1,702 | 3% | 15% | 14.1 | 42.7 | 41.5 | 10.3 | 39% | · | · | · |
| Physicians | 4,906 | 9% | 14% | 9.4 | 35.6 | 45.3 | 10.7 | 66% | · | · | · |