Data Show Women Sick More Often Than Men

Jakarta , Questioning who more often work permit because of pain , it turns out women who more often. Nearly 50 percent of women take more sick leave than men . These data also show that women more often than men fell ill .
The main cause of sick leave is muscle or bone disorders , such as back and neck pain . This was followed by minor ailments such as coughs and colds . Majority of the remainder being caused by stress , anxiety , or depression .
According to the data , women on average take approximately five working days of sick leave each year , while the men only took less than four working days . Or in other words , women are 42 percent more likely to take time off work because of illness . Similarly, according to data from the Office for National Statistics The UK . Analysts find that the data after removing the entire other factors , including age , profession , scope and magnitude of the office .
Karen Steadman , a researcher at the Work Foundation , said that men are also more likely to force myself to keep working even though they are supposed to rest due to being sick .
" The presence of labor is higher in men than in women . The men were more likely to still go to work when you're sick , which will have consequences in the long run . Complaint they may not be diagnosed and they do not receive immediate treatment , " said Steadman as reported by the Telegraph and written on Friday ( 02/28/2014 ) .
According to Steadman woman knows more about the health system so that they are more aware of the importance of health . That's why women are lighter than men to take sick leave .
However, over the number of sick leave taken by women do not fully show that women are more prone to falling ill . Because some women are forced to take sick leave to handle things baby -related emergency or relatives . Strict regulations to make their office was forced to take sick leave to deal with critical matters at home .
The data show that people who work in the public sector 24 percent more often ill than the private sector . However, kesejangan it has shrunk since 1993 .
The ratio of sick leave most severe in the health sector . Each year , there are 3.4 per cent of working hours lost due to illness . Being in the government sector and the amount of 3 percent in the private sector is only 1.8 percent . The reason why employees in the private sector take sick leave less often associated with a given salary .
" People who work in the private sector will get less pay if sick , compared to those in the public sector , " said Jamie Jenkins , labor market analyst at the Office for National Statistics .
The size of the office was apparently also influenced the amount of sick leave taken . Statistics show that those who work in smaller offices typically more rarely take sick leave . The reason is because they do not want co-workers got additional workload .