Reasons given for sickness presenteeism
| Why did you go to work even if you thought that you should have taken a sick leave? | Percentage (95% CI) |
| Because I did not want to burden my colleagues | 45.7 (37.3 to 54.4) |
| Because I would have accumulated the job | 38.5 (31.5 to 45.9) |
| Because I could not afford it for economic reasons | 35.9 (29.4 to 42.9) |
| Because no one else could do my job | 35.5 (29.8 to 41.7) |
| Because I did not want to be considered lazy or unproductive | 31.6 (24.7 to 39.4) |
| Because I was worried about being laid off | 27.5 (21.3 to 34.6) |
| Because I was worried about being subjected to some other kind of retaliation | 26.3 (20.0 to 33.7) |
| Because I enjoyed my work | 21.4 (15.4 to 29.0) |
| Because I did not want to be considered weak | 20.0 (15.1 to 26.1) |
| Because going to work was beneficial for my health | 11.8 (7.6 to 17.8) |