Absence during pregnancy in the Danish workforce: occupational, industrial, and temporal trends in a nationwide register-based cohort study
Absence during pregnancy was consistently high over time, but with vast differences across occupations and industries. A deeper understanding of underlying reasons for pregnancy-related absence is essential to develop targeted strategies for reducing absence, such as providing better opportunities for adjustments of work task early in pregnancy or other tailored interventions.
Authors
- Luise Mølenberg Begtrup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2006-8558)
- Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7742-4360)
- Hannah Nørtoft Frankel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5486-8112)
- Esben Meulengracht Flachs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2252-8426)
- Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-284X)
- Regitze Sølling Wils (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1781-853X)
- Karin Sørig Hougaard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3386-0512)
- Astrid Juhl Andersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-6852)
- Camilla Sandal Sejbæk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5869-6221)
- Jens Peter Bonde
Institutions
- Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4245
- Primary Topic
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00