Table 3.
Employment-related characteristics among salaried men living in Catalonia, across sickness absence trajectories (2012–2014)
| Men (n=500) | Sickness absence trajectories | ||||||||||
| Low Stable (55.2%) | Middle Stable (31%) | High Stable (13.8%) | p values | ||||||||
| Age in 2002, mean (SD) | 23.2 (3.0) | 23.1 (2.9) | 22.8 (3.0) | 0.6136 | |||||||
| 2002–2011 | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | P value N | P value Episodes |
| Company size | |||||||||||
| Small-medium (≤100 workers) | 203 (73.6) | 233 (71.3) | 9 (4; 16) | 115 (74.2) | 151 (70.6) | 50 (34; 67) | 49 (71.0) | 58 (66.7) | 130 (103; 155) | 0.881 | 0.705 |
| Big (>100 workers) | 73 (26.5) | 94 (28.8) | 6 (2; 13) | 40 (25.8) | 63 (29.4) | 52 (41; 64) | 20 (29.0) | 29 (33.3) | 123.5 (101; 179) | ||
| Company ownership | |||||||||||
| Private | 250 (90.6) | 296 (90.5) | 9 (3; 16) | 140 (90.3) | 195 (91.1) | 50 (36.5; 64) | 59 (85.5) | 76 (87.4) | 128 (103; 183) | 0.368 | 0.43 |
| Public | 14 (5.1) | 17 (5.2) | 6 (3; 8) | 12 (7.7) | 15 (7.0) | 60.5 (42.5; 72.5) | 6 (8.7) | 7 (8.1) | 131 (95; 164) | ||
| 2012–2014 | |||||||||||
| Working time (% weekly hours) | |||||||||||
| Full-time (>87.5%) | 263 (95.3) | 311 (95.1) | 9 (3; 15) | 148 (95.5) | 201 (93.9) | 51 (37; 66) | 65 (94.2) | 83 (95.4) | 128 (102; 164) | 0.661 | 0.454 |
| Part-time (50%–87.5%) | 12 (4.3) | 14 (4.3) | 6.5 (2.5; 12) | 6 (3.9) | 12 (5.6) | 50 (48; 52) | 3 (4.4) | 3 (3.5) | 125 (103; 132) | ||
| Short part-time (37.5%–49%) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.6) | 11 (11; 11) | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Marginal part-time (≤37.5%) | – | – | – | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) | 46 (46; 46) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.2) | 194 (194; 194) | ||
| Occupational category | |||||||||||
| Non-manual skilled | 27 (9.8) | 29 (8.9) | 11 (5; 17) | 15 (9.7) | 23 (10.8) | 54 (32; 68) | 8 (11.6) | 9 (10.3) | 131.5 (97; 149) | 0.859 | 0.189 |
| Non-manual non-skilled | 86 (31.2) | 96 (29.4) | 6.5 (4; 11) | 46 (29.7) | 58 (27.1) | 47 (37; 62) | 18 (26.1) | 24 (27.6) | 130.5 (108; 194) | ||
| Manual skilled | 123 (44.6) | 156 (47.7) | 10 (3; 16) | 64 (41.3) | 84 (39.3) | 53 (37.5; 68) | 30 (43.5) | 37 (42.5) | 124.5 (94; 170) | ||
| Manual non-skilled | 40 (14.5) | 46 (14.1) | 6.5 (3; 17) | 30 (19.4) | 49 (22.9) | 49.5 (34; 61) | 13 (18.8) | 17 (19.5) | 120 (103; 155) | ||
| Income in tertiles | |||||||||||
| High | 113 (40.9) | 139 (42.5) | 9 (5; 16) | 54 (34.8) | 74 (34.6) | 54.5 (38; 67) | 24 (34.8) | 31 (35.6) | 130 (105.5; 158.5) | 0.001† | <0.0001† |
| Medium | 107 (38.8) | 127 (38.8) | 8 (3; 13) | 56 (36.1) | 69 (32.2) | 46.5 (34.5; 66.5) | 14 (20.3) | 19 (21.8) | 124.5 (98; 132) | ||
| Low | 56 (20.3) | 61 (18.7) | 11 (4; 16.5) | 45 (29.0) | 71 (33.2) | 50 (38; 64) | 31 (44.9) | 37 (42.5) | 124 (102; 188) | ||
| Type of contract | |||||||||||
| Permanent contract | 236 (85.5) | 283 (86.5) | 9 (3; 16) | 124 (80.0) | 165 (77.1) | 51 (37; 66) | 58 (84.1) | 75 (86.2) | 130 (103; 164) | 0.332 | 0.012† |
| Temporary contract | 40 (14.5) | 44 (13.5) | 6.5 (4; 13.5) | 31 (20.0) | 49 (22.9) | 47 (34; 66) | 11 (15.9) | 12 (13.8) | 124 (102; 183) | ||
| Total | 276 | 327 (52.1) | 155 | 214 (34.1) | 69 | 87 (13.9) | |||||
*Sickness absence episodes due to mental disorders, regardless of duration, between 2012 and 2014.
†Statistically significant (p<0.05).
MD, median duration; P25, 25th percentile; P75, 75th percentile.