Table 4.
Probability of belonging to employment participation trajectories (EPTs) among salaried workers with a SA due to cancer (reference) and comparison groups.
| Men | Women | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decreasing vs. Low | High Stable vs. Low | Middle Fluctuating vs. Low Fluctuating | High Stable vs. Low Fluctuating | |||||||||
| RRR | 95% CI | p value | RRR | 95% CI | p value | RRR | 95% CI | p value | RRR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Crude | ||||||||||||
| SA cancer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.09 | (0.57‒2.10) | 0.788 | 1.34 | (0.89‒2.01) | 0.157 | 0.51 | (0.24‒1.09) | 0.081 | 0.82 | (0.41‒1.64) | 0.566 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.52 | (1.31‒4.85) | 0.006** | 2.78 | (1.77‒4.36) | < 0.0001*** | 0.45 | (0.21‒0.97) | 0.041* | 0.78 | (0.39‒1.56) | 0.489 |
| Individually adjusted by: | ||||||||||||
| Contract type | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.00 | (0.52‒1.92) | 0.997 | 1.21 | (0.80‒1.84) | 0.374 | 0.51 | (0.24‒1.11) | 0.089 | 0.86 | (0.43‒1.74) | 0.682 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.30 | (1.19‒4.44) | 0.013 | 2.50 | (1.56‒3.93) | < 0.0001*** | 0.46 | (0.22‒0.99) | 0.048* | 0.80 | (0.40‒1.60) | 0.527 |
| Working time (% weekly hours) | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.01 | (0.52‒1.94) | 0.976 | 1.21 | (0.80‒1.83) | 0.371 | 0.50 | (0.25‒1.21) | 0.081 | 0.81 | (0.40‒1.62) | 0.549 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.30 | (1.19‒4.43) | 0.013* | 2.57 | (1.63‒4.07) | < 0.0001*** | 0.46 | (0.21‒0.98) | 0.044* | 0.78 | (0.39‒1.55) | 0.475 |
| Income (tertiles) | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.00 | (0.52‒1.93) | 0.993 | 1.32 | (0.86‒2.03) | 0.206 | 0.53 | (0.25‒1.15) | 0.108 | 0.84 | (0.42‒1.69) | 0.625 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.41 | (1.24‒4.67) | 0.009** | 2.96 | (1.83‒4.78) | < 0.0001*** | 0.45 | (0.21‒0.98) | 0.043* | 0.85 | (0.42‒1.70) | 0.643 |
| Occupational category | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 0.94 | (0.48‒1.82) | 0.856 | 1.26 | (0.83‒1.91) | 0.286 | 0.52 | (0.23‒1.16) | 0.108 | 0.95 | (0.46‒1.79) | 0.888 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.23 | (1.15‒4.33) | 0.017* | 2.60 | (1.64‒4.11) | < 0.0001*** | 0.44 | (0.20‒0.98) | 0.043* | 0.86 | (0.42‒1.79) | 0.695 |
| Economic activity | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 0.90 | (0.46‒1.76) | 0.764 | 1.23 | (0.81‒1.87) | 0.331 | 0.50 | (0.23‒1.08) | 0.079 | 0.78 | (0.39‒1.57) | 0.491 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.33 | (1.18‒4.61) | 0.015* | 3.01 | (1.87‒4.85) | < 0.0001 | 0.49 | (0.23‒1.06) | 0.070 | 0.82 | (0.41‒1.64) | 0.570 |
| Company size | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.01 | (0.52‒1.95) | 0.976 | 1.24 | (0.82‒1.88) | 0.314 | 0.53 | (0.25‒1.14) | 0.106 | 0.81 | (0.41‒1.63) | 0.561 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.50 | (1.28‒4.84) | 0.007** | 2.75 | (1.73‒4.37) | < 0.0001*** | 0.46 | (0.21‒0.98) | 0.045* | 0.79 | (0.39‒1.57) | 0.495 |
| Company ownership | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 0.98 | (0.50‒1.92) | 0.949 | 1.25 | (0.81‒1.93) | 0.317 | 0.43 | (0.19‒0.98) | 0.046 | 0.76 | (0.35‒1.62) | 0.472 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.15 | (1.07‒4.35) | 0.032* | 2.82 | (1.72‒4.63) | < 0.0001*** | 0.41 | (0.18‒0.94) | 0.034 | 0.73 | (0.34‒1.56) | 0.419 |
| Previous 5-year employment time (ratio) | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 1.07 | (0.56‒2.06) | 0.834 | 1.29 | (0.85‒1.94) | 0.233 | 0.51 | (0.24‒1.09) | 0.081 | 0.80 | (0.40‒1.63) | 0.541 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.50 | (1.29‒4.79) | 0.006** | 2.67 | (1.69‒4.22) | < 0.0001*** | 0.44 | (0.20‒0.94) | 0.035 | 0.75 | (0.37‒1.51) | 0.421 |
| Adjustment by all variables: | ||||||||||||
| SA other diagnoses | 0.82 | (0.41‒1.66) | 0.583 | 1.09 | (0.77‒2.00) | 0.379 | 0.53 | (0.22‒1.29) | 0.164 | 0.97 | (0.43‒2.18) | 0.944 |
| No SA any diagnoses | 2.14 | (1.04‒4.43) | 0.040* | 3.21 | (1.87‒5.50) | < 0.0001*** | 0.46 | (0.19‒1.11) | 0.083 | 0.90 | (0.40‒0.01) | 0.794 |
SA, sickness absence; RRR, relative risk ratio; CI, confidence interval. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.