Risk of work related sickness absence by psychosocial work factors for permanent and non-permanent employees and gender in a sample of workers (n = 13957) from the Third European Survey on Working Conditions (2000)
| Variables | Permanent | Non-permanent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRc* | 95%CI | RRa† | 95%CI | RRc* | 95%CI | RRa† | 95%CI | |
| *Crude rate ratio; †adjusted rate ratio for age, marital status, children at home, household chores, country, economic sector, company size, vibrations, fumes, noise, extreme temperatures, carrying load; ‡2 + job control; §2 + job demands. | ||||||||
| Men | ||||||||
| Psychological job demands‡ | ||||||||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| High | 1.70 | (1.50 to 1.92) | 1.29 | (1.14 to 1.47) | 1.42 | (0.94 to 2.14) | 0.80 | (0.54 to 1.20) |
| Job control§ | ||||||||
| High | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Low | 1.64 | (1.46 to 1.84) | 1.45 | (1.28 to 1.63) | 5.05 | (2.87 to 8.89) | 5.05 | (3.05 to 8.35) |
| Job strain | ||||||||
| Low strain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Passive | 1.23 | (1.01 to 1.49) | 1.24 | (1.02 to 1.50) | 3.40 | (1.59 to 7.29) | 5.20 | (2.68 to 10.07) |
| Active | 1.31 | (1.10 to 1.57) | 1.14 | (0.95 to 1.36) | 0.70 | (0.24 to 2.05) | 0.85 | (0.36 to 2.00) |
| High strain | 2.48 | (2.11 to 2.92) | 1.80 | (1.51 to 2.13) | 5.24 | (2.52 to 10.89) | 4.11 | (2.14 to 7.89) |
| Women | ||||||||
| Psychological job demands‡ | ||||||||
| Low | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| High | 1.71 | (1.50 to 1.95) | 1.17 | (1.02 to 1.34) | 2.26 | (1.50 to 3.41) | 2.12 | (1.35 to 3.32) |
| Job control§ | ||||||||
| High | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Low | 1.82 | (1.59 to 2.07) | 1.92 | (1.68 to 2.20) | 1.82 | (1.15 to 2.86) | 2.09 | (1.33 to 3.28) |
| Job strain | ||||||||
| Low strain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Passive | 1.64 | (1.33 to 2.03) | 1.86 | (1.51 to 2.30) | 0.82 | (0.42 to 1.58) | 0.89 | (0.46 to 1.71) |
| Active | 1.54 | (1.25 to 1.90) | 1.13 | (0.92 to 1.40) | 0.81 | (0.37 to 1.79) | 0.72 | (0.33 to 1.59) |
| High strain | 2.88 | (2.38, 3.47) | 2.22 | (1.84 to 2.70) | 2.77 | (1.58 to 4.87) | 2.98 | (1.66 to 5.38) |