Sickness absence and disability pension before and after first childbirth and in nulliparous women by numerical gender segregation of occupations: A Swedish population-based longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Pregnancy is associated with a temporarily increased sickness absence (SA) risk. This association may vary by the level of occupational gender segregation; however, knowledge in this area is limited. We studied whether trends in SA and disability pension (DP) in the years before and after first childbirth among women with one or more childbirths and with no childbirth during the study period varied by occupational gender segregation. METHODS:We conducted a population-based register study involving nulliparous women aged 18-39 years, living in Sweden in 2002-2004 (n = 364,411). We classified participants in three childbirth groups as: (1) no childbirth in 2005 or in the next 3.75 years, (2) first childbirth in 2005 and no births in the subsequent 3.75 years, and (3) first childbi

SUBMITTER: Laszlo KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910695 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature