Table 2.

Among Employees Who Needed but Did Not Take Sick Leave, Reasons for Not Taking

	Percent
Lack of comprehensive coverage
Could not afford loss in income	27.20
Wanted to save leave	6.78
Leave was denied	4.59
Did not have enough leave	1.7
Total	40.27
Job consequences and other
Fear of job loss or other negative outcome	11.01
Too much work	20.36
Other	28.37
Total	100

ATUS 2011, Leave Module, own illustration. The ATUS‐provided leave module weights are applied.