Having a bad attitude? The relationship between attitudes and sickness absence

Table 3 Differences in attitudes

	Gender			Age			Education			Immigration
	Men	Women	Diff.	Young	Old	Diff.	Low	High	Diff.	Non-immigrant	Immigrant	Diff.
Lenient attitudes towards sick leave	0.065	−0.030	1.07	0.062	−0.056	1.43	0.084	−0.080	2.00**	−0.040	0.109	−1.61
Lenient norms regarding sick leave	0.039	−0.018	0.61	−0.014	0.013	−0.31	0.060	−0.057	1.34	0.019	−0.052	0.72
Being stressed	−0.007	0.003	−0.10	0.019	−0.017	0.39	0.115	−0.109	2.42**	−0.062	0.168	−2.19**
Low motivation	0.180	−0.084	2.76***	−0.002	0.002	−0.05	0.020	−0.019	0.44	0.010	−0.027	0.37
Low work satisfaction	0.054	−0.025	0.86	−0.041	0.037	−0.90	0.007	−0.007	0.16	0.037	−0.101	1.43
Low work ethic	0.141	−0.066	2.61***	−0.036	0.032	−0.92	−0.055	0.052	−1.44	0.036	−0.098	1.60
Gender equal attitudes	−0.215	0.101	−3.68***	−0.043	0.038	−0.98	−0.085	0.081	−2.03**	0.068	−0.185	2.78***
Lenient towards cheating	0.174	−0.081	2.62***	0.139	−0.125	2.90***	−0.010	0.010	−0.22	0.041	−0.112	1.48
Negative towards welfare state	−0.035	0.016	−0.61	−0.016	0.014	−0.39	0.087	−0.083	2.21**	−0.042	0.115	−1.82*
Risk-averse preferences	−0.097	0.045	−2.09**	−0.048	0.043	−1.44	0.001	−0.001	0.03	−0.002	0.006	−0.11
N	226			226			226			226