Do birthrates contribute to sickness absence differences in women? A cohort study in Catalonia, Spain, 2012-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study explores the differences in sickness absence trends in women according to reproductive age group and medical diagnoses.

Methods

Data were obtained from two administrative registries: the Continuous Working Life Sample and the Catalonian Institute of Medical Evaluations from 2012 to 2014, containing 47,879 female employees. Incidence rates and incidence risk ratios derived from Poisson and negative binomial models were calculated to compare sickness absence trends among reproductive age groups based on Catalonian birthrates: early-reproductive (25-34 years old), middle-reproductive (35-44) and late-reproductive (45-54), according to diagnostic groups, selected diseases, type of contract, occupational category, and country of origin.

Results

Younger wome

SUBMITTER: March AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449461 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature