[Angostura]

The group studied seem to have a extraordinarily high rate of sick-days no? Around 30% taking a sick day in a 90 day period?

I've probably had 2 sick days in 3 years (data point: mid 50s, a nice hot bath with my toe stuck out of the bubbles, good book, cup of tea).

[Izkata]

If I'm doing my math right, and your two sick days aren't correlated with each other, I think you would have had a 16% chance of one or both of them occurring during a random 90-day period. Multiply out a few hundred of you, and that 30% in the study would be about 16%.

So no, doesn't seem like an overly high rate at all to me.

(4 sick days in 3 years would jump to 29%)

[Angostura]

Thank you for doing the maths. Insightful

[greesil]

I have two kids and I have been sick six times in the past four months. I thank my lucky stars that my employer does not limit sick days. 30% amongst parents doesn't seem that strange to me.

[Angostura]

I was a stay at home dad, so I understand the dangers of continuous stream of snot. Still seems very high. I can't find if they say what time of year the study was carried out.