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abstract: 'Objective: Western women increasingly delay having children to advance
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their career, and pregnancy is considered to be riskier among older
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women. In Norway, this development surprisingly coincides with increased
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sickness absence among young pregnant women, rather than their older
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counterparts. This paper tests the hypothesis that young pregnant women
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have a higher number of sick days because this age group includes a
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higher proportion of working class women, who are more prone to sickness
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absence.
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Design: A zero-inflated Poisson regression was conducted on the
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Norwegian population registry.
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Participants: All pregnant employees giving birth in 2004-2008 were
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included in the study. A total number of 216 541 pregnancies were
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observed among 180 483 women.
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Outcome measure: Number of sick days.
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Results: Although the association between age and number of sick days
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was U-shaped, pregnant women in their early 20s had a higher number of
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sick days than those in their mid-40s. This was particularly the case
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for pregnant women with previous births. In this group, 20-year-olds had
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12.6 more sick days than 45-year-olds; this age difference was reduced
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to 6.3 after control for class. Among women undergoing their first
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pregnancy, 20-year-olds initially had 1.2 more sick days than
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45-year-olds, but control for class altered this age difference. After
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control for class, 45-year-old first-time pregnant women had 2.9 more
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sick days than 20-year-olds with corresponding characteristics.
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Conclusions: The negative association between age and sickness absence
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was partly due to younger age groups including more working class women,
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who were more prone to sickness absence. Young pregnant women''s needs
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for job adjustments should not be underestimated.'
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affiliation: 'Ariansen, AMS (Corresponding Author), Univ Bergen, Dept Sociol, Bergen,
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Norway.
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Univ Bergen, Dept Sociol, Bergen, Norway.'
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article-number: e004381
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author: Ariansen, Anja M. S.
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author-email: anja.steinsland@sos.uib.no
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author_list:
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- family: Ariansen
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given: Anja M. S.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004381
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files: []
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issn: 2044-6055
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journal: BMJ OPEN
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keywords-plus: 'JOB ADJUSTMENT; RISK-FACTORS; SOCIAL-CLASS; LEAVE; WORK; EMPLOYMENT;
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HEALTH; POLICY; PREECLAMPSIA; INEQUALITIES'
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language: English
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '49'
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papis_id: 13c35ca31766e965aef3aefe360adbd1
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ref: Ariansen2014ageoccupational
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times-cited: '17'
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title: 'Age, occupational class and sickness absence during pregnancy: a retrospective
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analysis study of the Norwegian population registry'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000336976900002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '4'
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web-of-science-categories: Medicine, General \& Internal
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year: '2014'
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