TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and sickness absence in Denmark
T2 - A study of elderly-care immigrant worker
AU - Carneiro, Isabella Gomes
AU - Ortega, Adriana
AU - Borg, Vilhelm
AU - Høgh, Annie
N1 - Paper id:: DOI 10.1007/s10903-008-9206-7
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - The objective of this study is to investigate patterns of sickness absence in light of health status among immigrants. Cross-sectional data from 2005 was used and the study population consisted of 3,121 healthcare assistants and healthcare helpers working in the elderly-care sector in Denmark. A multinomial logistic regression was employed to investigate the relationship between health indicator, sickness absence and being an immigrant. Our findings show that, on one hand, immigrants have worse health status, but on the other, they have significantly lower sickness absence than their Danish counterparts, even after factors such as age and gender are controlled for. The results show that the relationship between being an immigrant and sickness absence differs according to health status. Our findings are in line with Steer and Rhode's theoretical framework, according to which attendance to work is a function of ability and motivation to be at work.
AB - The objective of this study is to investigate patterns of sickness absence in light of health status among immigrants. Cross-sectional data from 2005 was used and the study population consisted of 3,121 healthcare assistants and healthcare helpers working in the elderly-care sector in Denmark. A multinomial logistic regression was employed to investigate the relationship between health indicator, sickness absence and being an immigrant. Our findings show that, on one hand, immigrants have worse health status, but on the other, they have significantly lower sickness absence than their Danish counterparts, even after factors such as age and gender are controlled for. The results show that the relationship between being an immigrant and sickness absence differs according to health status. Our findings are in line with Steer and Rhode's theoretical framework, according to which attendance to work is a function of ability and motivation to be at work.
U2 - 10.1007/s10903-008-9206-7
DO - 10.1007/s10903-008-9206-7
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 18989784
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 12
SP - 43
EP - 52
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
ER -