Chapter 9 Absenteeism and Presenteeism Survey

9.1 Background

The Absenteeism and Presenteeism Survey asked the following items:

• About how many hours altogether did you work in the past 7 days? (If more than 97, enter 97.)
• How many hours does your employer expect you to work in a typical 7-day week? (If it varies, estimate the average. If more than 97, enter 97.)
• In the past 4 weeks (28 days), how many days did you miss an entire work day because of problems with your physical or mental health? (Please include only days missed for your own health, not someone else’s health.)
• In the past 4 weeks (28 days), how many days did you miss an entire work day for any other reason (including vacation)?
• In the past 4 weeks (28 days), how many days did you miss part of a work day because of problems with your physical or mental health? (Please include only days missed for your own health, not someone else’s health.)
• In the past 4 weeks (28 days), how many days did you miss part of a work day for any other reason (including vacation)?
• In the past 4 weeks (28 days), how many days did you come in early, go home late, or work on your day off?
• About how many hours altogether did you work in the past 4 weeks (28 days)? (See examples below.)
• On a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is the worst job performance anyone could have at your job and 10 is the performance of a top worker, how would you rate the usual performance of most workers in a job similar to yours? (Use whole numbers only)
• Using the same 0-to-10 scale, how would you rate your usual job performance over the past year or two?
• Using the same 0-to-10 scale, how would you rate your overall job performance on the days you worked during the past 4 weeks (28 days)?

The dataset also includes computed values for:

• absolute_absenteeism_4_week
• relative_absenteeism_4_week
• relative_hours_of_work_4_week
• relative_total_score_4_week
• total_score_4_week
• absolute_absenteeism_7_day
• relative_absenteeism_7_day
• relative_hours_of_work_7_day
• relative_total_score_7_day
• total_score_7_day
• relative_presenteeism
• absolute_presenteeism