Sick pay period, 3rd quarter 2019

Sickness absence rate decreased in the third quarter 2019

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2019-12-06 9.30

The number of sick days per employee in a sick pay period decreased in the third quarter of 2019, compared with the corresponding quarter of 2018. The average number of sick days in a sick pay period was 1.27 days per employee.

Among women, the number of sick days per employee increased by 0.02 days and among men the sick days decreased by 0.10 days, compared with the corresponding quarter of 2018.

Sick days per employee and sick pay period, by sector and sex, third quarter

Sector	Sex	Third quarter
		2019	2018	Change	Percentage change
Business sector^[1]	Women	1.35	1.28	0.06	4.8
	Men	1.00	1.11	‑0.11	‑9.8
	Total	1.13	1.17	‑0.04	‑3.6
Municipality	Women	1.92	1.89	0.03	1.6
	Men	1.42	1.43	‑0.01	‑0.9
	Total	1.80	1.78	0.02	1.1
County council	Women	1.63	1.68	‑0.05	‑3.2
	Men	1.08	1.10	‑0.02	‑1.5
	Total	1.51	1.55	‑0.05	‑2.9
Central government	Women	1.33	1.51	‑0.18	‑12.0
	Men	0.75	0.85	‑0.10	‑12.1
	Total	1.05	1.19	‑0.14	‑12.1
Non-profit institutions serving households	Women	1.16	1.22	‑0.07	‑5.5
	Men	0.77	0.73	0.04	5.0
	Total	1.00	1.01	‑0.02	‑1.6
Total	Women	1.53	1.51	0.02	1.5
	Men	1.02	1.11	‑0.10	‑8.6
	Total	1.27	1.30	‑0.04	‑2.9

The number of sick periods increased

The number of sick periods per employee remained almost unchanged in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the corresponding quarter of 2018. The average 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 the number of sick periods amounted to 0.26. In the municipality sector and the county council sector, the number of sick periods per employee was 0.45 and 0.38, respectively.

Reclassification

In accordance with international guidelines, a number of limited companies have been reclassified from business sector to public administration. This affects the statistics published from the second quarter of 2019 and forward.

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 a sick period, regardless of whether or not the employee is reimbursed with sick pay.

Sick period Each time an employee falls ill, a new sick period is generated, regardless of the number of sick days in the sick period. The survey shows periods that were completed during the quarter.

All changes are calculated from unrounded data.

This survey is published quarterly.

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