Combination of 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 and unemployment rate | |||||
| Both constantly good | 2142 | 1.23 | 1.00 | 0.61 | 1.00 |
| One constantly good/both improved | 11156 | 0.95 | 0.84 (0.81 to 0.87) | 0.67 | 1.03 (0.99 to 1.08) |
| Both constantly poor/one poor, one improved | 781 | 0.77 | 0.69 (0.63 to 0.76) | 0.61 | 0.95 (0.85 to 1.06) |
| Women | |||||
| Municipal revenue and unemployment rate | |||||
| Both constantly good | 8660 | 1.79 | 1.00 | 0.83 | 1.00 |
| One constantly good/both improved | 27345 | 1.51 | 0.94 (0.93 to 0.95) | 0.86 | 1.05 (1.03 to 1.07) |
| Both constantly poor/one poor, one improved | 10076 | 1.40 | 0.90 (0.89 to 0.92) | 0.96 | 1.12 (1.10 to 1.15) |