Worker adaptation and workplace accommodations after the onset of an illness

Table 2 Descriptive statistics explanatory variables

	Accommodated, current employer		Not accommodated, current employer		New employer		Not returning to work
	*Means*	*Std. dev*	*Means*	*Std. dev*	*Means*	*Std. dev*	*Means*	*Std. dev*
Female (yes = 1)	0.653	0.477	0.650	0.478	0.673	0.471	0.614	0.488
Age	34.911	17.985	34.580	18.997	38.313**	11.679	34.968	18.449
Living with spouse (yes = 1)	0.798**	0.402	0.827***	0.379	0.680	0.468	0.705	0.457
Primary education^a) (yes = 1)	0.221***	0.416	0.265***	0.443	0.320**	0.468	0.436	0.497
Secondary education^a) (yes = 1)	0.432	0.497	0.420	0.495	0.400	0.492	0.405	0.492
Postsecondary education^a) (yes = 1)	0.347***	0.477	0.314***	0.465	0.280***	0.451	0.159	0.367
Visits to general practitioner in the year before the sick leave	8.230	7.486	8.177	7.411	9.487	7.672	9.227	8.209
Mental illness (yes = 1)	0.244	0.431	0.257	0.438	0.473***	0.501	0.291	0.455
Previous employment experience since 1964 (years employed)	20.140**	9.115	21.482***	9.935	14.204***	9.138	17.955	10.414
Seniority in months^b)	153.159*	116.704	157.878**	141.091	72.686***	89.626	129.312	137.173
Company size (number of workers)^c)	167.905	619.375	172.847	679.592	62.079**	122.665	142.580	375.653
Public sector company (yes = 1)	0.559*	0.498	0.562*	0.497	69.293	88.837	0.477	0.501

Note: Calculations based on 213 (accommodated job), 226 (non-accommodated job), 150 (new employer), and 220 individuals (not returning to work). Asterisks mark significant deviation from “Not returning to work” at a 1% level (***), 5% level (**), and 10% level.
a): Primary education covers the compulsory school period, i.e., nine years of basic school, and other preparatory schooling such as high school. Secondary education includes all terminal educations (preparing the students for entry directly into working life) except university degrees. Postsecondary education includes all types of university degrees. b): Excluding 32 observations with missing values. c): Excluding 56 observations with missing values.