The gender gap in sickness absence from work and the influence of parental absence on offspring absence 15 years later: register-based cohort of Norwegians born in 1974–1976

Table 4 Associations between parental sickness absence (exposure) and diagnosis-specific sickness absence among index persons: men

Sickness absence category	Absence risk	Crude risk difference	(95 % CI)	Adjusted risk difference^a	(95 % CI)
All-cause absence
Not exposed	11.5	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	15.2	+3.8	(+2.9 to +4.6)	+2.8	(+2.0 to +3.7)
Musculoskeletal (ICPC L)
Not exposed	5.1	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	7.3	+2.2	(+1.6 to +2.8)	+1.6	(+1.0 to +2.1)
Psychiatric (ICPC) ^b
Not exposed	2.8	0	Reference	0	Reference
Exposed	3.9	+1.1	(+0.6 to +1.5)	+0.9	(+0.5 to +1.3)

CI confidence interval, ICPC International Classification of Primary Care, 2^nd Edition
^aIn a model including parental sickness absence, mother’s and father’s education level, and father’s income
^bThree hundred eighteen men with missing information on the mother’s education level were excluded from the analysis of psychiatric diagnoses

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