Employment-related characteristics among salaried women living in Catalonia, across sickness absence trajectories (2012–2014)
| Women (N=879) | Sickness absence trajectories | |||||||||||||
| Low Stable (40.6%) | Low Decreasing (27.5%) | Decreasing (14.7%) | Increasing (17.2%) | P values | ||||||||||
| Age in 2002, mean (SD) | 23.2 (2.9) | 23.3 (2.9) | 23.2 (3.0) | 23.2 (2.9) | 0.9864 | |||||||||
| 2002–2011 | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | N (%) | Episodes* (%) | MD (P25; P75) | p value N | p value Episodes |
| Company size | ||||||||||||||
| Small-medium (≤100 workers) | 215 (60.2) | 240 (59.1) | 8 (3; 11) | 164 (67.8) | 208 (69.6) | 40 (26; 55.5) | 97 (75.2) | 123 (70.7) | 108 (85; 141) | 100 (66.2) | 123 (66.5) | 47.5 (21.5; 130.5) | 0.02† | 0.009† |
| Big (>100 workers) | 142 (39.8) | 166 (40.9) | 7 (3; 11) | 78 (32.2) | 91 (30.4) | 36 (24; 60) | 32 (24.8) | 51 (29.3) | 138.5 (97; 182) | 51 (33.8) | 62 (33.5) | 56 (19; 115) | ||
| Company ownership | ||||||||||||||
| Private | 309 (86.6) | 353 (87.0) | 7 (3; 11) | 195 (80.6) | 239 (79.9) | 38 (25; 53) | 108 (83.7) | 147 (84.5) | 115 (90; 156.5) | 126 (83.4) | 153 (82.7) | 55 (21; 128) | 0.67 | 0.363 |
| Public | 34 (9.5) | 38 (9.4) | 8 (4; 11) | 34 (14.1) | 44 (14.7) | 40 (31; 64) | 15 (11.6) | 20 (11.5) | 122 (86; 226) | 17 (11.3) | 23 (14.4) | 28 (19; 115) | ||
| 2012–2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Working time (% weekly hours) | ||||||||||||||
| Full-time (>87.5%) | 301 (84.3) | 343 (84.5) | 8 (3; 11) | 203 (83.9) | 248 (82.9) | 39 (26; 57) | 119 (92.3) | 159 (91.4) | 117 (86; 156) | 125 (82.8) | 152 (82.2) | 55 (22; 119) | 0.44 | 0.387 |
| Part-time (50–87.5%) | 51 (14.3) | 58 (14.3) | 7 (2; 10) | 35 (14.5) | 45 (15.1) | 36 (25; 46) | 8 (6.2) | 13 (7.5) | 114 (96.5; 152) | 22 (14.6) | 29 (15.7) | 44.5 (18; 134) | ||
| Short part-time (37.5–49%) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 15 (15; 15) | 1 (0.4) | 3 (1) | 135 (135; 135) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 103 (103; 103) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (1.1) | 49.5 (24; 75) | ||
| Marginal part-time (≤37.5%) | 4 (1.1) | 4 (1) | 9 (6; 10.5) | 3 (1.2) | 3 (1) | 43 (21; 56) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.6) | 81 (81; 81) | 2 (1.3) | 2 (1.1) | 17.5 (17; 18) | ||
| Occupational category | ||||||||||||||
| Non-manual skilled | 65 (18.2) | 70 (17.2) | 8 (4; 12) | 45 (18.6) | 53 (17.7) | 39 (25; 63) | 21 (16.3) | 27 (15.5) | 97 (86; 127) | 29 (19.2) | 39 (21.2) | 61 (22; 159) | 0.96 | 0.901 |
| Non-manual non-skilled | 200 (56.0) | 232 (57.1) | 8 (3; 11) | 141 (58.3) | 176 (58.9) | 38 (26; 53) | 80 (62.0) | 108 (62.1) | 113 (83.5; 154.5) | 82 (54.3) | 100 (54.1) | 56.5 (20; 133) | ||
| Manual skilled | 60 (16.8) | 65 (16.0) | 6 (2.5; 10) | 33 (13.6) | 41 (13.7) | 42 (29; 51) | 18 (14.0) | 26 (14.9) | 144.5 (106; 183) | 26 (17.2) | 29 (15.7) | 42.5 (22; 85) | ||
| Manual non-skilled | 32 (9.0) | 39 (9.6) | 8 (3; 10) | 23 (9.5) | 29 (9.7) | 45 (25; 60) | 10 (7.8) | 13 (7.5) | 109.5 (96; 121) | 14 (9.3) | 17 (9.2) | 27 (24; 30) | ||
| Income in tertiles | ||||||||||||||
| High | 114 (31.9) | 125 (30.8) | 7 (3; 12) | 77 (31.8) | 100 (33.4) | 39 (25; 56) | 30 (23.4) | 38 (22.1) | 97 (78; 127) | 47 (31.1) | 64 (34.6) | 65 (26; 167) | 0.21 | 0.104 |
| Medium | 103 (28.9) | 117 (28.8) | 8 (3; 11) | 85 (35.1) | 94 (31.4) | 39 (26; 54) | 50 (39.1) | 64 (37.2) | 120.5 (82; 156) | 44 (29.1) | 53 (28.7) | 62 (20; 139.5) | ||
| Low | 140 (39.2) | 164 (40.4) | 7 (3; 10) | 80 (33.1) | 105 (35.1) | 39.5(26; 58) | 48 (37.5) | 70 (40.7) | 115.5 (97; 154.5) | 60 (39.7) | 68 (36.8) | 27.5 (19.5; 58.5) | ||
| Type of contract | ||||||||||||||
| Permanent contract | 290 (81.2) | 327 (80.5) | 8 (3; 11) | 195 (80.6) | 236 (78.9) | 39 (25; 56) | 106 (82.2) | 141 (81.0) | 116.5 (91; 157) | 112 (74.17) | 133 (71.9) | 56.5 (19; 126) | 0.27 | 0.09 |
| Temporary contract | 67 (18.8) | 79 (19.5) | 7 (3; 10) | 47 (19.4) | 63 (21.1) | 42 (31; 59) | 23 (17.8) | 33 (19.0) | 103 (70; 146) | 39 (25.8) | 52 (28.1) | 31 (22; 115) | ||
| Total | 357 | 406 (38.2) | 242 | 299 (28.1) | 129 | 174 (16.4) | 151 | 185 (17.4) | ||||||
*Sickness absence episodes due to mental disorders, regardless of duration, between 2012 and 2014.
†Statistically significant (p<0.05).
MD, median duration; P25, 25th percentile; P75, 75th percentile.