Occupation and Sickness Absence in the Different Autonomous Communities of Spain

Matilde Leonor Alba-Jurado, María José Aguado-Benedí, Noelia Moreno-Morales, Maria Teresa Labajos-Manzanares and Rocío Martín-Valero
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Matilde Leonor Alba-Jurado: Medical Unit, National Institute of Social Security, 29010 Malaga, Spain
María José Aguado-Benedí: National Institute of Social Security, 28036 Madrid, Spain
Noelia Moreno-Morales: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, Ampliacion de Campus de Teatinos, University of Malaga, C/Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa 3, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Maria Teresa Labajos-Manzanares: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, Ampliacion de Campus de Teatinos, University of Malaga, C/Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa 3, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Rocío Martín-Valero: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Science, Ampliacion de Campus de Teatinos, University of Malaga, C/Arquitecto Francisco Peñalosa 3, 29071 Malaga, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-12

Abstract: The occupation of a worker is a determining factor of sickness absence (SA) and can influence both the beginning and continuation of the latter. This study describes SA in Spain, separately in the different Autonomous Communities (AC) in relation to the occupation of workers, with the aim of determining the possible differences in its frequency and duration, relating it also to the diagnosis. A total of 6,543,307 workers, aged 16 years and older, who had at least one episode of SA in the year 2019, constituted the study sample. The obtained results indicate that SA is more frequent and shorter in more elemental occupations. The average duration increases with age and is longer in women, except in technical and administrative occupations, where there is no gender divide. Sickness absences caused by musculoskeletal and mental disorders are more frequent in the lower occupational classes, although their average duration is shorter than in other, more qualified groups. The ACs with shorter duration in almost all the occupational groups are Madrid, Navarre and the Basque Country. In conclusion, SA is more frequent and shorter in lower occupational classes.

Keywords: sickness absence; occupation health; occupational class; Autonomous Community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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