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Jenni Ervasti1, Johanna Kausto, Aki Koskinen
1Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland (Dr Ervasti, Dr Kausto, Mr Koskinen, Dr Joensuu, Mr Turunen, Dr Oksanen, Dr Kivimäki); Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Dr Ervasti); Department of Public Health, University of Turku, and Population Research Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland (Pentti, Dr Vahtera); Clinicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (Pentti, Dr Kivimäki); Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK (Dr Kivimäki).
Objective:
To examine trends in labor market participation among those with long-term part-time or long-term full-time sickness absence.
Methods:
Finnish population-based cohort study including 3406 individuals with greater than 30-day part-time sickness absence in 2011 and 42,944 individuals with greater than 30-day full-time sickness absence in 2011.
Results:
Compared to previous years, the rates of sickness absence and vocational rehabilitation increased after 2011 in both groups. Sickness absence rate was higher in 2012 in the full-time sickness absence group than in the part-time sickness absence group. An increasing trend in unemployment after 2011 was observed in both groups, but the absolute level of unemployment was higher in the full-time sickness absence group.
Conclusion:
Long-term part-time sickness absence seems to mark a decline in labor market participation, but the decline is smaller than that in employees with full-time sickness absence.
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