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More sick leave among ‘double-shift’ women than men

When a woman has her second child while holding down an equally demanding job as the father, she is at twice the risk of going off sick compared to her husband, according to a new report on sick leave among women, presented in Sweden on 5 November.
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Sweden’s Ministry of Social Affairs presented three reports on women’s sick leave levels on 5 November. 

The Swedish Social Security Agency has looked at how women’s sick leave is influenced by childbirth and its registry study shows how two years after the birth of their second child women become twice as likely to go off sick as men.

Karolinska Institutet has looked at female twins and compared the impact childbirth versus remaining childless has on their health.

Heléne Thomsson, psychologist and organisational consultant, has performed a genetic analysis of women’s sick leave levels.

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