Table 1 Descriptive statistics among men and women with and without registered sickness absence (SA, leading variable): Row percent (%) of person/years in each background variable category. SA measured in quartiles (Q1-Q4)
|  | Men (n men/years = 11,409,426) | Women (n women/years = 15,768,800) | ||||||||||||
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Row % of all person/years | No SA | Q1 SA | Q2 SA | Q3 SA | Q4 SA | Chi2 p-value | Row % of all person/years | No SA | Q1 SA | Q2 SA | Q3 SA | Q4 SA | Chi2 p-value | |
Age | ||||||||||||||
 17–25 | 1.6 | 95.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 |  | 1.5 | 91.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 |  |
 26–30 | 4.7 | 93.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 |  | 4.1 | 84.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 |  |
 31–35 | 9.1 | 92.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 |  | 7.9 | 82.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.8 |  |
 36–40 | 12.4 | 92.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 |  | 11.1 | 83.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |  |
 41–45 | 14.1 | 91.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 |  | 13.5 | 84.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |  |
 46–50 | 14.7 | 90.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |  | 15.3 | 83.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 |  |
 51–55 | 15.7 | 89.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |  | 16.8 | 81.2 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 |  |
 56–60 | 15.2 | 87.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.8 |  | 16.3 | 79.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.9 |  |
 61–65 | 12.6 | 88.1 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 0.0000 | 13.5 | 82.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 0.0000 |
Marital status | ||||||||||||||
 Married/reg. Partnership | 54.1 | 90.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |  | 56.1 | 82.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |  |
 Unmarried | 33.2 | 90.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 |  | 25.9 | 83.8 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 |  |
 Prior marriage/reg. Partnership | 12.8 | 86.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0.0000 | 18.0 | 78.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 0.0000 |
Country of birth | ||||||||||||||
 Born in Sweden | 92.0 | 90.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |  | 91.6 | 82.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |  |
 Foreign born | 8.0 | 86.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.0000 | 8.4 | 79.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 0.0000 |
Education | ||||||||||||||
 In education | 1.6 | 89.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 |  | 3.1 | 81.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 |  |
  < =2 years of sec. Education | 46.0 | 87.3 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 |  | 47.3 | 79.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 |  |
  > 2 years of sec. Education | 15.4 | 91.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 |  | 11.6 | 83.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.3 |  |
  < =3 years higher education | 15.4 | 92.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 |  | 16.8 | 83.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.6 |  |
  > 3 years higher education | 21.4 | 94.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.0000 | 21.1 | 86.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.0000 |
Residence | ||||||||||||||
 Rural or small city | 69.4 | 89.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |  | 69.7 | 81.9 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 |  |
 Large city | 30.6 | 91.1 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0000 | 30.3 | 83.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 0.0000 |
Origin social class | ||||||||||||||
 Professional | 37.0 | 93.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 |  | 29.0 | 85.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 |  |
 Intermediate | 11.2 | 93.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |  | 20.2 | 84.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 |  |
 White collar workers | 9.7 | 89.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |  | 35.7 | 79.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 |  |
 Blue collar workers | 42.1 | 87.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.0000 | 15.1 | 78.5 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 0.0000 |
Destination class | ||||||||||||||
 Professional | 29.6 | 94.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |  | 24.3 | 86.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.2 |  |
 Intermediate | 6.9 | 93.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 |  | 12.9 | 85.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 |  |
 White collar workers | 5.5 | 89.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 |  | 20.0 | 81.7 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.9 |  |
 Blue collar workers | 23.3 | 88.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 |  | 7.6 | 79.2 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 |  |
 Studying | 1.2 | 90.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 |  | 2.3 | 82.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 |  |
 No activity | 4.7 | 85.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 8.4 |  | 5.2 | 81.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 11.1 |  |
 Unemployment | 3.9 | 84.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 |  | 3.9 | 76.8 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.1 |  |
 Missing | 24.9 | 88.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 0.0000 | 23.9 | 78.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 0.0000 |
Social mobility | ||||||||||||||
 Upward | 7.5 | 93.5 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 |  | 7.0 | 85.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.0 |  |
 No mobility | 54.6 | 91.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.4 |  | 55.1 | 83.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 |  |
 Downward | 3.2 | 90.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 |  | 2.7 | 82.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.0 |  |
 Not applicable | 34.7 | 87.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 0.0000 | 35.2 | 78.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 0.0000 |