Municipal revenue and local unemployment rate as predictors of sickness absence at follow up
| Number | Self certified sickness absence | Medically certified sickness absence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spells* | RR (95% CI)† | Spells* | RR (95% CI)† | |||
| *Number of sickness absence spells/person-year in 2000–2001. †Adjusted for age, employee income, type of employment contract, employer, urbanisation level, and baseline sickness absence. | ||||||
| Men | ||||||
| Municipal revenue | ||||||
| Constantly high | 4750 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 1.00 | |
| Increased to average/high | 8625 | 0.96 | 0.94 (0.91 to 0.96) | 0.68 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.01) | |
| Constantly low | 704 | 0.82 | 0.87 (0.80 to 0.95) | 0.62 | 0.99 (0.89 to 1.09) | |
| Local unemployment rate | ||||||
| Constantly low | 4043 | 1.16 | 1.00 | 0.59 | 1.00 | |
| Decreased to average/low | 9932 | 0.91 | 0.82 (0.80 to 0.84) | 0.69 | 1.07 (1.03 to 1.11) | |
| Constantly high | 104 | 0.33 | 0.39 (0.30 to 0.50) | 0.46 | 0.80 (0.65 to 1.00) | |
| Women | ||||||
| Municipal revenue | ||||||
| Constantly high | 17909 | 1.56 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 1.00 | |
| Increased to average/high | 25590 | 1.55 | 1.00 (0.99 to 1.01) | 0.89 | 1.01 (0.99 to 1.02) | |
| Constantly low | 2582 | 1.18 | 0.96 (0.92 to 0.99) | 0.78 | 1.02 (0.97 to 1.07) | |
| Local unemployment rate | ||||||
| Constantly low | 15280 | 1.73 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.00 | |
| Decreased to average/low | 21258 | 1.43 | 0.92 (0.91 to 0.93) | 0.85 | 1.05 (1.03 to 1.07) | |
| Constantly high | 9543 | 1.44 | 0.93 (0.91 to 0.94) | 1.00 | 1.15 (1.12 to 1.17) | |