Research findings from University of Groningen update understanding of gender studies.

In this recently published article, scientists in Netherlands conducted a study "To provide managers with tools to manage episodes of sick-leave of their employees, the influence of factors such as age, gender, duration of tenure, working full-time or part-time, cause and history of sick-leave, salary and education on sickleave duration was studied. In a cross-sectional study, data derived from the 2005 sick-leave files of a Dutch university were examined."

"Odds ratios of the single risk factors were calculated for short spells (= 91 days) of sick-leave. Next, these factors were studied in multiple regression models. Age, gender, duration of employment, cause and history of sick-leave, salary and membership of scientific staff, studied as single factors, have a significant influence on sick-leave duration. In multiple models, this influence remains for gender, salary, age, and history and cause of sick-leave. Only in medium or long spells and regarding the risk for a long or an extended spell do the predictive values of models consisting of psychological factors, work-related factors, salary and gender become reasonable. The predictive value of the risk factors used in this study is limited, and varies with the ...