Sick pay period, 4th quarter 2016:

Sick leave increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-03-07 9.30

The number of sick days per employee during a sick pay period increased in the fourth quarter in 2016 compared with the same quarter in 2015. The total number of sick days per employee during a sick pay period was 1.76.

In total, the number of sick days per employee increased by 0.22 days compared with the same quarter in 2015. Among women, the increase was 0.20 days and among men it was 0.23 days compared with the corresponding period in 2015.

The number of sick days per employee increased in all sectors compared with the corresponding period in 2015. In the business sector, the number of sick days per employee increased by 0.26 days compared with the corresponding period. In municipality sector and country council sector, the number of sick days per employee increased by 0.15 days and 0.04 days. In the central government sector, the number of sick days per employee increased by 0.13 days.

In the fourth quarter, total sick pay was paid for an average of 1.42 days per employee.

Sick days per employee and sick pay period by sector and sex

Sector	Sex	Fourth quarter
		2016	2015
Business sector	Women	1.78	1.51
	Men	1.47	1.22
	Total	1.59	1.33
Municipality	Women	2.55	2.40
	Men	1.81	1.65
	Total	2.38	2.23
County council	Women	2.20	2.16
	Men	1.42	1.36
	Total	2.03	1.99
Central government	Women	1.90	1.77
	Men	1.06	0.95
	Total	1.50	1.37
Non-profit institutions serving households	Women	1.77	1.44
	Men	1.09	0.89
	Total	1.49	1.22
Total	Women	2.05	1.85
	Men	1.47	1.24
	Total	1.76	1.54

The number of sick periods increased

The number of sick periods per employee increased in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the corresponding period in 2015. The total number of sick periods was 0.45 per employee. In the business sector, the number of sick periods per employee was 0.41, while in the central government sector it was 0.37. In the municipality sector and the county council sector the number of sick periods per employee was 0.59 and 0.52 respectively. In the non-profit institutions serving households sector, the number of sick periods per employee was 0.37.

Definitions and explanations

New design from second quarter 2011

Changes have been made to the survey design that have affected estimation levels. Comparisons with previous quarters should be made with caution.

New classification from second quarter 2015

A new classification of sectors has been introduced from the second quarter of 2015. The private sector has been primarily affected, now that the non-profit institutions serving households sector is reported separately. As a result of this change, the private sector is referred to as the business sector. The public sector (municipality, county council and central government) is affected only marginally by the change.

Sick pay period: The period when an employee is absent from work due to sickness and is eligible for sick pay.

Sick days: All calendar days in the sick period, regardless of whether the employee is reimbursed for all days with sick pay or not.

Sick period: Each time an employee begins a sick period a new period is generated, regardless of how many sick days the period consists of. The survey presents periods that were completed during the quarter.

This survey is published quarterly. The surveys for 2002-2005 have been published on the website of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.

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