Table 3.
Effects (odds ratios) of being prioritized to Sassam and treated and controls prevalence on sickness absence, unemployment,
and receiving disability benefit
Sickness absence (A)
Unemployment (B)
Disability benefit (C)
Estimate
Prevalence Estimate
Prevalence
Estimate
Prevalence
Odds
ratio
St. err
Control Treated
Odds
ratio
St. err
Control Treated
Odds
ratio
St. err
Control Treated
Dec -07 1.031 (0.047)
0.827 0.834
0.939 (0.089)
0.047 0.043
11.043 (1.781)
0.000 0.001
Jan -08 1.066 (0.038)*
0.686 0.702
0.942 (0.070)
0.079 0.075
0.628 (0.545)
0.001 0.001
Feb -08 1.098 (0.036)*** 0.604 0.628
1.018 (0.065)
0.092 0.092
0.904 (0.383)
0.002 0.002
Mar -08 1.061 (0.035)*
0.534 0.552
0.920 (0.063)
0.107 0.100
0.974 (0.301)
0.003 0.004
Apr -08 1.016 (0.035)
0.491 0.498
0.955 (0.061)
0.113 0.108
1.229 (0.229)
0.005 0.007
May -08 1.044 (0.035)
0.439 0.452
0.963 (0.060)
0.117 0.113
1.130 (0.187)
0.008 0.010
Jun -08 1.060 (0.036)
0.387 0.403
0.960 (0.058)
0.124 0.120
1.196 (0.139)
0.015 0.018
Jul -08
1.036 (0.037)
0.348 0.358
0.970 (0.057)
0.128 0.125
1.232 (0.105)** 0.027 0.033
Aug -08 1.040 (0.037)
0.332 0.344
0.940 (0.057)
0.130 0.124
1.217 (0.102)*
0.029 0.035
Sep -08 1.013 (0.038)
0.321 0.327
0.922 (0.056)
0.137 0.129
1.238 (0.099)** 0.031 0.037
Oct -08 1.018 (0.038)
0.307 0.313
0.945 (0.056)
0.139 0.133
1.214 (0.096)** 0.033 0.040
Nov -08 1.040 (0.038)
0.290 0.301
0.961 (0.055)
0.146 0.141
1.188 (0.092)*
0.037 0.043
Dec -08 1.024 (0.039)
0.272 0.280
0.966 (0.053)
0.155 0.150
1.205 (0.090)** 0.039 0.046
Jan -09 1.034 (0.040)
0.249 0.257
0.973 (0.052)
0.161 0.157
1.180 (0.087)*
0.042 0.048
Feb -09 1.013 (0.041)
0.240 0.246
0.988 (0.052)
0.164 0.162
1.222 (0.085)** 0.044 0.052
Notes
: Logit regressions with covariates (gender, age (5 levels), employed/unemployed/other, full time/part time sick reported, daily
compensation (4 levels), date of first assessment (three intervals), married, educational level (4 levels), length of current sick-leave
period (4 levels), sick-leave history (4 levels), disability benefit history (yes/no), unemployment history (3 levels), region (22 levels)).
Number of observations, Sassam: 13,547. */**/*** indicates significance at the 10/5/1 percent level.
