Undetected Common Mental Disorders in Long-Term Sickness Absence

Table 1

Frequencies of sociodemographic characteristics including 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each frequency among individuals minus a psychiatric sick leave diagnosis.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Frequency %	95% CI
Gender
Men	47.9	44.5–51.3
Women	52.1	48.7–55.5
Age
−29 years	10.8	8.6–12.9
30–39 years	19.2	16.5–21.9
40–49 years	29.5	26.4–32.6
50–59 years	33.6	30.4–36.8
60 years +	6.9	5.1–8.6
Municipality
Urban	50.7	47.3–54.1
Rural	49.3	45.9–52.7
Household
Living with partner	81.0	78.3–83.7
Living without partner	19.0	16.3–21.7
Living with children below 18 years	48.5	45.1–52.0
Not living with children below 18 years	51.5	48.0–54.9
General education
General: primary and lower secondary school	72.9	69.8–76.0
General: more than primary school	27.1	24.0–30.2
Specific education
Unskilled worker	28.9	25.5–31.6
Skilled worker	50.7	47.2–54.1
Theoretical ≤ 4 years beyond primary school	17.1	14.6–19.7
Theoretical > 4 years beyond primary school	1.7	0.8–2.6
Other specific education	3.6	2.4–4.9
Employment
Self-employed	8.4	6.5–10.3
White-collar/civil servant	34.5	31.2–37.7
Skilled worker	11.2	9.1–13.5
Unskilled worker	28.1	25.1–31.2
Other	17.7	15.1–20.3
Employment situation
Full-time employment	71.2	68.1–74.3
Part-time employment	17.4	14.8–20.0
Unemployed	11.4	9.2–13.6