Arbo Unie, Laan Corpus Den Hoorn 102, 4, Groningen, 9728 JR, the Netherlands.
Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Nettelbosje 2, Groningen, 9747 AE, the Netherlands.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 30;24(1):2663. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20155-y.
The education sector experiences high rates of sickness absence, primarily due to mental health disorders. This issue poses significant challenges, not only for the affected employees but also for their colleagues, pupils, the organization, and the society as a whole. Several factors are likely to contribute to this issue, including work-related factors and gender dynamics, as the education sector has a high proportion of female employees.
In this study, we use statistical methods to compare the average duration of sickness absence due to mental disorders in the education sector with other sectors. Additionally, we explore the influence of gender, age, and working hours on the duration of sickness absence. For our study we use a large dataset consisting of approximately 200,000 cases of sickness absence due to mental disorders, with more than 32,000 cases from the education sector.
Our analysis shows that average sickness absence duration is consistently longer in the education sector than in other sectors, even after accounting for gender and age. Specifically, the average duration of sickness due to mental disorders in the education sector is 235 days, compared to 188 days in other sectors. We also observe gender differences in absence duration in all sectors, with an interaction effect indicating that working in education affects recovery rates more for men than for women. Consequently, the gender difference in absence duration is smaller in the education sector than in other sectors.
Using a large dataset, we find significant differences in absence duration between employees in the education sector and those in other sectors. Other factors, such as gender, also influence sickness absence duration, but to a lesser extent. Notably, the gender effect on absence duration is smaller in the education sector compared to other sectors.
教育部门的病假率很高，主要是由于心理健康障碍。这个问题不仅对受影响的员工，而且对他们的同事、学生、组织和整个社会都构成了重大挑战。导致这一问题的原因可能有很多，包括与工作相关的因素和性别动态，因为教育部门的女性员工比例较高。
在这项研究中，我们使用统计方法比较了教育部门因精神障碍导致的平均病假时长与其他部门的差异。此外，我们还探讨了性别、年龄和工作时间对病假时长的影响。我们使用了一个包含大约 20 万例精神障碍病假案例的大型数据集，其中有超过 32000 例来自教育部门。
我们的分析表明，即使考虑到性别和年龄因素，教育部门的平均病假时长也始终长于其他部门。具体来说，教育部门因精神障碍导致的平均病假时长为 235 天，而其他部门为 188 天。我们还观察到所有部门的性别差异都体现在病假时长上，而且存在交互效应，表明在教育部门工作对男性的康复速度影响大于女性。因此，教育部门的性别差异在病假时长上比其他部门更小。
我们使用大型数据集发现，教育部门员工的病假时长与其他部门员工存在显著差异。其他因素，如性别，也会影响病假时长，但影响程度较小。值得注意的是，与其他部门相比，教育部门的性别对病假时长的影响较小。
