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1 Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2016;42(3): doi: /sjweh.3553 Sickness absence and mental health: evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal survey 1 by Mark Wooden, MSc, 2 Melisa Bubonya, BComm, Deborah Cobb-Clark, PhD 1 Supplementary Data 2 Correspondence to: Professor Mark Wooden, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Level 6, FBE Building, 111 Barry St), University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010 Australia. [ m.wooden@unimelb.edu.au] Variable Definitions and Summary Statistics Males Outcome variables Paid sick leave Number of days of paid sick leave taken in last 12 months Paid sick leave + workers compensation Variables of interest Number of days absent from work in past 12 months while on either paid sick leave or workers compensation MHI-5 (Mental Health Inventory) MHI-5 (categories) Sub-scale of the SF-36 Health Survey that measures mental health. Scores range from 0 to Categorical variables constructed from the MHI- 5. Cut-offs roughly determined by quintiles, with the bottom quintile split into two categories. MH1: Equals 1 if MHI MH2: Equals 1 if 52 < MHI MH3: Equals 1 if 60 < MHI MH4: Equals 1 if 75 < MHI MH5: Equals 1 if 80 < MHI MH6: Equals 1 if MHI-5 >88. (ref) Exposure to work Usual work days per week Prop n of previous 12 months in employment Full-time employment Number of days respondent usually works in a week Proportion of 12 months prior to interview that the respondent spent in paid employment Equals 1 if respondent usually works 35 hours or more per week Demographic controls 1

2 Age Age 15-24: Equals 1 if respondent is aged 15 to Age 25-34: Equals 1 if respondent is aged 25 to Age 35-44: Equals 1 if respondent is aged 35 to 44. (ref) Age 45-54: Equals 1 if respondent is aged 45 to Age 55-64: Equals 1 if respondent is aged 55 to # Children Number of own children aged less than 15 years living with respondent # Adults Number of persons aged 15 years or more living in the household Marital / relationship status Education Disability Physical health Country of birth Indigenous Married: Equals 1 if respondent is legally married De-facto: Equals 1 if respondent is living with a partner in a de-facto relationship Single: Equals 1 if respondent is single. (ref) Postgrad: Equals 1 if respondent s highest education level is a doctorate, masters degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate Undergrad: Equals 1 if respondent s highest education level is a bachelor s degree, degree with honours, advanced diploma or diploma Certificate: Equals 1 if respondent s highest education level is a Level III or IV Certificate Year12: Equals 1 if respondent s highest education level is high school completion Less than Year12: Equals 1 if respondent did not finish high school. (ref) No disability: Equals 1 if respondent has no longterm health condition. (ref) Mild: Equals 1 if respondent has a long-term health condition that does not limit work. (Persons who only reported having a mental illness are excluded.) Moderate: Equals 1 if respondent has a restrictive long-term health condition that is work limiting. (Persons who only reported having a mental illness are excluded.) Physical functioning sub-scale of the SF-36 Health Survey. Scores range from 0 to Australia: Equals 1 if respondent was born in Australia. (ref) Overseas, main English-speaking country: Equals 1 if respondent was born in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK or the USA Overseas, other: Equals 1 if respondent was born in any other country Equals 1 if respondent is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin

3 English speaking ability Equals 1 if respondent does not speak English well or at all Smoker Equals 1 if respondent is currently a smoker Ln household disposable income Non-positive income Regional indicators SEIFA index State dummies NR at t+1 Job-related controls Log of real equivalised disposable household income for the previous financial year ($000 at 2010 prices) with missing values imputed and non-positive incomes set to $1. The equivalence scale used is the OECD modified scale (which assigns a weight of 1 to the first adult in the household, 0.5 for each other adult, and 0.3 for each child) Equals 1 if real disposable household income for the financial year is non-positive Major urban: Equals 1 if respondent lives in a major Australian city (as defined in the ASGC). (ref) Inner regional: Equals 1 if respondent lives in inner regional Australia (as defined in the Australian Standard Geographical Classification [ASGC]) Outer regional: Equals 1 if respondent lives in outer regional Australia (as defined in the ASGC) Remote: Equals 1 if respondent lives in remote or very remote location in Australia (as defined in the ASGC) Decile of index of relative socio-economic advantage/disadvantage for regions, where 1 represents highest relative disadvantage and 10 highest relative advantage Binary variables indicating the respondent s State of residence. New South Wales (ref) Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory Tasmania Australian Capital Territory Equals 1 if the respondent did not respond at the next survey wave Employment status Employee w SL entitlements Equals 1 if respondent is an employee in a job with paid sick leave entitlements. (ref) Employee w/o SL entitlements Equals 1 if respondent is an employee in a without paid sick leave entitlements Self-employed Equals 1 if respondent is self-employed (where the self-employed are defined to include both owners of unincorporated businesses and owners of incorporated businesses) Other employed Equals 1 if responded is an unpaid family worker

4 Tenure Firm size Union Regular work schedule Private sector Occupation Industry Number of years the respondent has worked for their current employer <20 employees: Equals 1 if employed at firm with fewer than 20 employees (Australia-wide) employees: Equals 1 if if employed at firm with employees (Australia-wide) employees: Equals 1 if employed at firm with employees (Australia-wide) > employees: Equals 1 if employed at firm with 500+ employees (Australia-wide). (ref) Missing: Equals 1 if firm size is missing Equals 1 if respondent is a member of a trade union or employee association Equals 1 if respondent s current work schedule is a regular daytime schedule Equals 1 if respondent works in a private sector for profit organisation Categorical occupation dummies derived from the respondent s current occupation. The classifications come from the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), First Edition, 2006 (ABS cat. no ). Managers (ref) Professionals Technicians and trade workers Community and personal service workers Clerical and administrative workers Sales workers Machinery operators and drivers Labourers Categorical industry dummies derived from the respondent s current employment industry. The classifications come from the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), Second Edition, 2006 (ABS cat. no ). Agriculture, forestry and fishing (ref) Mining Manufacturing Electricity, gas, water and waste services Construction Wholesale trade Retail trade Accommodation and food services Transport, postal and warehousing Information media and telecommunications Financial and insurance services Rental, hiring and real estate services Professional, scientific and technical services Administrative and support service Public administration and safety Education and training Health care and social assistance

5 Arts and recreation services Other services Abbreviations: ANZSIC, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification; ANZSCO, Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations; ASGC, Australian Standard Geographical Classification; MHI-5, 5-item Mental Health Inventory; NR, non-respondent; OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; Ref, reference category; SD, standard deviation; SEIFA, Socio- Economic Indexes for Areas; SF-36, 36-item Short Form Health Survey; SL, sick leave. 5

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