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  • Public Health
  • Occupational Health
  • Health Economics

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  • Sickness absenteeism varies across public sector employment.
  • The role of mental illness in public sector absenteeism is not fully understood.
  • Public sector is divided into vocational and non-vocational roles, potentially influencing job attachment and leave decisions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate variations in sickness absenteeism within the public sector.
  • To examine the specific impact of mental illness on sickness absence.
  • To differentiate absenteeism between vocational and non-vocational public sector roles.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the British Household Panel Survey.
  • Employed random-effects logit models to analyze sickness absence.
  • Assessed the relationship between vocational employment measures and mental illness with absenteeism.

Main Results:

  • Sickness absenteeism and the impact of mental illness differ across public sector segments, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors.
  • The public vocational sector demonstrated the highest odds ratios for sickness absence.
  • Mental illness significantly affects absenteeism rates within the public sector.

Conclusions:

  • Job characteristics, rather than solely the sector, appear to be a primary driver of absenteeism differences.
  • Understanding the nature of work is crucial for addressing public sector sickness leave patterns.
  • Targeted interventions may be needed for vocational roles to mitigate high absenteeism.