Differences in sickness absence between self-employed and employed doctors: a cross-sectional study on national sample of Norwegian doctors in 2010

Table 1 Potential determinants of sickness absence of Norwegian doctors by employment status in 2010

	Employed doctors	Self-employed doctors	p-value
	(n = 521)	(n = 313)	p-value
Gender (%)
Female	43.0	32.8
Male	57.0	67.2	0.003
[Missing, n]	[n = 0]	[n = 0]
Age, year (%)
29-35	13.9	6.5
36-44	31.4	20.1
45-67	54.7	73.4	0.0001
[Missing, n]	[n = 0]	[n = 0]
Working hours/week (%)
≤40	30.3	32.8
41-48	41.5	39.7
>48	28.2	27.5	0.641
[Missing, n]	[n = 18]	[n = 13]
Self-rated health (%)
Very good	41.4	39.5
Good	45.9	46.7
Average	11.9	13.1
Poor	0.8	0.7	0.929
[Missing, n]	[n = 7]	[n = 17]
Professional autonomy (mean)
(From 1 very dissatisfied to 7 very satisfied)	4.9	5.7	0.0001
[Missing, n]	[n = 12]	[n = 12]
Levels of psychosocial work stress (%)
High levels (ERI ration >1)	24.3	11.4
Low levels (ERI ratio ≤1)	75.6	88.6	0.0001
[Missing, n]	[n = 32]	[24]

Comparisons of proportions by Pearson’s Chi-square test and of interval variables by ANOVA.

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