Table 5.
Results of the generalized estimating equations (GEE) analyses of the association between informational justice (higher values indicate lower levels of perceived justice) and frequent sickness absence (2 periods or more during the previous 12 months), presented as risk ratios (RR) with 95% CIs
| Model 0 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results for standard GEE | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI |
| Informational justice | 1.16 | 1.12-1.20 | 1.14 | 1.10-1.19 | 1.15 | 1.11-1.19 | 1.16 | 1.11-1.21 |
| Job insecurity | 1.10 | 1.08-1.13 | 1.07 | 1.05-1.10 | 1.08 | 1.05-1.11 | 1.06 | 1.02-1.09 |
| Justice*insecurity | 0.98 | 0.95-1.01 | 0.98 | 0.95-1.01 | ||||
| Results for autoregressive GEE | ||||||||
| Informational justice | 1.08 | 1.02-1.13 | 1.07 | 1.01-1.13 | 1.08 | 1.02-1.14 | ||
| Job insecurity | 1.06 | 1.02-1.10 | 1.05 | 1.01-1.09 | 1.05 | 1.00-1.09 | ||
| Previous sickness absence | 4.60 | 4.23-5.01 | 4.61 | 4.23-5.02 | 4.20 | 3.84-4.60 | ||
| Justice*insecurity | 1.02 | 0.97-1.07 | 1.00 | 0.94-1.06 | ||||
Model 1: informational justice, job insecurity, and time included contemporarily; Model 2: Model 1 plus interaction term included; Model 3: Model 2 plus age, sex, socio-economic position, and marital status