Table 5.

The contribution of alcohol use, other lifestyle behaviours and working conditions to SEP differences in spells of short-term sickness absence. All models, adjusted for age and country of birth

Model	Men			Women
	RRa	95% CI	ATTb	RRa	95% CI	ATTb
1. Crude	1.73	1.54–1.94		1.44	1.29–1.59
2. Alcohol usec	1.68	1.50–1.89	6	1.39	1.25–1.54	11
3. Alcohol usec + lifestyle factorsd	1.58	1.40–1.79	20	1.29	1.15–1.43	35
4. Physical working conditions	1.69	1.45–1.97	5	1.31	1.15–1.49	30
5. Psychosocial working conditions	1.52	1.34–1.72	29	1.41	1.27–1.57	6
6. Fully adjusted	1.37	1.17–1.60	49	1.20	1.05–1.37	55

^aRRs of manual workers compared to higher non-manual employees.

^bPercentage attenuation in the crude RRs after adjustment for the explanatory variables.

^cVolume of consumption and frequency of HED.

^dDaily smoking, BMI, physical activity.

SEP, socioeconomic position; RR, rate ratios; HED, heavy episodic drinking; BMI, body mass index.