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Sick pay period, third quarter 2018

Sick leave rate increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-12-06 9.30

The number of sick days per employee during a sick pay period increased in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter in 2017. The total number of sick days per employee during a sick pay period was 1.30.

The number of sick days per employee increased by 0.04 days compared with the same quarter in 2017. The increase was 0.02 days for women and 0.06 days for men, compared with the same quarter in 2017.

Sick days per employee and sick pay period by sector and sex
SectorSexThird quarter
  20182017ChangePercentage change
Business sector[1]
Women
1.28 1.30 ‑0.02 ‑1.5
 
Men
1.11 1.05 0.05 5.1
 
Total
1.17 1.15 0.03 2.2
Municipality
Women
1.89 1.82 0.07 4.0
 
Men
1.43 1.34 0.09 6.4
 
Total
1.78 1.71 0.07 4.4
County council
Women
1.68 1.62 0.06 3.6
 
Men
1.10 1.09 0.00 0.4
 
Total
1.55 1.51 0.04 2.9
Central government
Women
1.51 1.42 0.09 6.2
 
Men
0.85 0.77 0.09 11.4
 
Total
1.19 1.10 0.09 8.0
Non-profit institutions serving households
Women
1.22 1.16 0.07 5.9
 
Men
0.73 0.69 0.04 5.9
 
Total
1.01 0.95 0.06 6.1
Total
Women
1.51 1.49 0.02 1.4
 
Men
1.11 1.06 0.06 5.4
 
Total
1.30 1.27 0.04 2.9

The number of sick periods increased

The number of sick periods per employee increased in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the corresponding quarter in 2017. The total number of sick periods was 0.33 per employee. In the business sector, the number of sick periods per employee was 0.30, while in the central government sector it was 0.28. In the municipality sector and the county council sector, the number of sick periods per employee was 0.43 and 0.38 respectively.

Definitions and explanations

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. 

All changes are calculated from unrounded data.  

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2019-03-08 at 9.30.

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