Risk of work related sickness absence by combined exposure to psychosocial work risk factors and employment status for men and women in a sample of workers (n = 13957) from the Third European Survey on Working Conditions (2000)
| Variables | Permanent | Non-permanent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRa† | 95%CI | RRa† | 95%CI | Test for interaction* | |
| *Wald test; †adjusted rate ratio for age, marital status, children at home, household chores, country, economic sector, company size, vibrations, fumes, noise, extreme temperatures, carrying load; ‡1 + job control; §1 + job demands. | |||||
| Men | |||||
| Psychological job demands‡ | |||||
| Low | 1 | – | 0.96 | (0.66 to 1.38) | |
| High | 1.27 | (1.12 to 1.44) | 1.02 | (0.74 to 1.39) | p = 0.455 |
| Job control§ | |||||
| High | 1 | – | 0.37 | (0.20 to 0.66) | |
| Low | 1.45 | (1.28 to 1.63) | 1.63 | (1.25 to 2.14) | p = 0.001 |
| Women | |||||
| Psychological job demands‡ | |||||
| Low | 1 | – | 0.69 | (0.49 to 0.98) | |
| High | 1.19 | (1.04 to 1.37) | 1.28 | (0.97 to 1.68) | p = 0.047 |
| Job control§ | |||||
| High | 1 | 0.94 | (0.63 to 1.39) | ||
| Low | 1.91 | (1.67 to 2.19) | 1.70 | (1.30 to 2.22) | p = 0.824 |