Journal article
Recurring pain, mental health problems and sick leave in Australia
Tea Lallukka, Aapo Hiilamo, Mark Wooden, Nick Glozier, Nathaniel Marshall, Allison Milner, Peter Butterworth
SSM - Mental Health | Elsevier BV | Published : 2021
Abstract
A substantial proportion of Australians report recurring pain and mental health problems, but their separate and joint contributions to sick leave use has not been examined. This study examines the interaction of pain and mental health problems with sick leave usage and the extent to which unobservable time-invariant factors contribute to these conditions and the propensity to take sick leave. Longitudinal data on self-reported paid sick leave days, pain, mental health problems and multiple covariates, and spanning the period 2005 to 2019, were derived from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. The analysis included 3404 and 3448 employed women and men, respectively..
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Awarded by Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
Funding Acknowledgements
TL and AH were supported by the Academy of Finland (Grants #287488 and #319200) . TL is also supported by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (grant 29/26/2020) . This research was supported (partially or fully) by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Project ID CE200100025) .