Table 5.

Ordered probit model: length of work interruption

	Length of work interruption			Length of work interruption
	0 weeks	weeks	> 8 weeks	0 weeks	1–8 weeks	> 8 weeks
Essential Jobs	0.057***	− 0.027***	− 0.029***	0.029***	− 0.013***	− 0.016***
	(0.009)	(0.004)	(0.004)	(0.010)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Remote work feasibility index	0.113***	− 0.054***	− 0.059***	0.074***	− 0.034***	− 0.039***
	(0.012)	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.013)	(0.006)	(0.007)
Social interaction index	− 0.012	0.005	0.007	− 0.037**	0.017**	0.020***
	(0.013)	(0.006)	(0.007)	(0.014)	(0.007)	(0.008)
Age	− 0.001	0,001	0.001	− 0.001	0.0003	0.0003
	(0.001)	(0.0004)	(0.0004)	(0.001)	(0.0005)	(0.001)
Female	− 0.023***	0.011***	0.012***	− 0.039***	0.018***	0.021***
	(0.009)	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.009)	(0.004)	(0.005)
High School Education (baseline)
Less than high school	−	−	−	− 0.025*	0.011*	0.014*
	−	−	−	(0.015)	(0.007)	(0.008)
Higher than high school	−	−	−	0.038***	− 0.018***	− 0.020***
	−	−	−	(0.010)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Major illness	−	−	−	− 0.029*	0.013*	0.016
	−	−	−	(0.017)	(0.008)	(0.010)
Medium level of IT− skills (baseline)
High IT− skills	−	−	−	0.004	− 0.002	− 0.002
	−	−	−	(0.011)	(0.005)	(0.006)
Low IT− skills	−	−	−	− 0.001	0.0003	0.0004
	−	−	−	(0.012)	(0.006)	(0.007)
Private Employee (baseline)	−	−	−
Public employee	−	−	−	0.083***	− 0.042***	− 0.041***
	−	−	−	(0.010)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Self− employed	−	−	−	− 0.060***	0.025***	0.034***
	−	−	−	(0.015)	(0.006)	(0.009)
Essential_RemoteWorkIndex	Yes			Yes
Essential_SocialInteractionIndex	Yes			Yes
Country dummies	Yes			Yes
N	7619			6878
Pseudo− r2	0.0724			0.0852
Log pseudolikelihood	− 4169.13			− 3760.93

Data: Preliminary SHARE wave 8 release 0. Conclusions are preliminary. Notes: Average marginal effects of probit models are reported. Drop of observations in full model due to missing values in additional explanatory variables

*p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01