ArticleScandinavian journal of public health2018
Sick leave among people in paid work after age 65: A Swedish population-based study covering 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.
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- 20-Year labor market histories of 66-year-old women and men: a nationwide retrospective cohort study from Sweden.European journal of public health · 2026Article
- Time until exit from paid work after ages 65-69 and ≥ 70, respectively: importance of prior sickness absence and disability pension.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Construction Accidents in Spain: Implications for an Aging Workforce.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Associations of sickness absence and disability pension due to mental and somatic diagnoses when aged 60-64 with paid work after the standard retirement age; a prospective population-based cohort study in Sweden.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Risk of being granted disability pension among incident cancer patients before and after a structural pension reform: A Danish population-based, matched cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2020Article
- Sick leave before and after the age of 65 years among those in paid work in Sweden in 2000 or 2005: a register-based cohort study.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Article
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Abstract
aimsExtending working life into older age groups is discussed in many countries. However, there is no knowledge about how this affects rates of sick leave. The aim of this work was to investigate rates of sick leave among people in paid work after retirement age and if such rates have changed over time.
methodsSwedish nationwide register data on people aged >65 years and living in Sweden in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 were analysed. All people with a sufficiently high work income to be eligible for public sick leave benefits were included. The proportions in paid work and compensated rates of sick leave for people aged 66-70 and ≥71 were analysed by sex, educational level, country of birth, living area, and employment type and sector.
resultsThe percentage of people in paid work at ages 66-70 years increased from <10% in 1995 to 24% in 2010 and among those aged ≥71 years from 2.7% in 1995 to 3.5% in 2010. The rates of sick leave among working people aged 66-70 years were 3.3% in 1995 and 2.4% in 2010 and for people aged ≥71 years the rates of sick leave were 2.2% in 1995 and 0.2% in 2010. Women had higher rates of sick leave than men in 2005 and 2010, but lower in 1995 and 2000. In 2010, the rates of sick leave were similar between employees and the self-employed, and higher among employees in the public sector than among employees in the private sector.
conclusionsRates of sick leave among workers aged >65 years were lower in 2010 than in 1995, despite much higher rates of labour market participation in 2010.
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