Sickness absence and disability pension in relation to first childbirth and in nulliparous women according to occupational groups: a cohort study of 492,504 women in Sweden

• Main Authors: Charlotte Björkenstam (Author), Krisztina D. László (Author), Cecilia Orellana (Author), Ulrik Lidwall (Author), Petra Lindfors (Author), Margaretha Voss (Author), Pia Svedberg (Author), Kristina Alexanderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Childbirth has been suggested to increase sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP). This may vary by occupation; however, knowledge in this field remains limited. We explored SA and DP in the years before and after childbirth among women in four occupational groups and t...