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. 2021 Mar 29;94(7):1659–1670. doi: 10.1007/s00420-021-01672-4

Table 1.

Frequencies of exposure variables and outcomes in the study population

Exposure variables Women Men
Study population Sick leave
 > 14 days
Study population Sick leave
 > 14 days
n % n % n % n %
Occupational gender composition
 Extremely female dominated > 90% 387,778 17.9 98,413 22.9 29,374 1.3 4614 1.8
 Female dominated 61–90% 1075,082 49.7 214,848 49.9 364,857 15.8 38,924 15.3
 Integrated 40–60% 280,434 13.0 45,150 10.5 272,690 11.8 21,369 8.4
 Male dominated 61–90% 292,898 13.6 55,134 12.8 973,365 42.1 103,671 40.7
 Extremely male dominated > 90% 22,230 1.0 4,937 1.1 522,250 22.6 73,142 28.7
 Occupation unknown 102,697 4.8 11,835 2.8 150,309 6.5 13,147 5.2
Branch gender composition
 Extremely female dominated > 90% 247,128 11.4 67,563 15.7 20,457 0.9 3179 1.2
 Female dominated 61–90% 972,379 45.0 204,003 47.4 322,152 13.9 35,756 14.0
 Integrated 40–60% 483,466 22.4 81,943 19.0 470,201 20.3 43,430 17.0
 Male dominated 61–90% 369,925 17.1 64,054 14.9 1,087,107 47.0 117,993 46.3
 Extremely male dominated > 90% 32,243 1.5 5224 1.2 363,041 15.7 50,663 19.9
 Branch unknown 55,978 2.6 7530 1.7 49,887 2.2 3846 1.5
Gender composition in combinations of occupations and branches
 Female occupation in female branch > 60% 1043,720 48.3 242,028 56.2 196,924 8.5 24,534 9.6
 Integrated occupation in female branch 93,041 4.3 16,864 3.9 62,319 2.7 5243 2.1
 Male occupation in female branch 42,883 2.0 7656 1.8 65,882 2.8 7716 3.0
 Female occupation in integrated branch 238,455 11.0 43,162 10.0 106,489 4.6 10,311 4.0
 Integrated occupation in integrated branch 40–60% 127,302 5.9 19,695 4.6 128,942 5.6 9930 3.9
 Male occupation in integrated branch 83,821 3.9 15,378 3.6 197,929 8.6 20,461 8.0
 Female occupation in male branch 146,237 6.8 22,895 5.3 81,509 3.5 7929 3.1
 Integrated occupation in male branch 55,131 2.6 8028 1.9 76,763 3.3 5776 2.3
 Male occupation in male branch > 60% 180,980 8.4 35,993 8.4 1,204,747 52.1 146,422 57.5
 Occupation and/or branch unknown 149,549 6.9 18,618 4.3 191,341 8.3 16,365 6.4
 Total 2,161,119 100.0 430,317 100.0 2,312,845 100.0 254,867 100.0