title: [Pregnancy and work: apropos of sick leave].
abstract: A study of sick leave from work during pregnancy has been performed from data collected by Social Security's consulting doctors in 1985. The proportion of sick leave of a duration of less than six months during pregnancy may be estimated to be 18.6% of all the reasons for sick leave for all women aged less than fifty years, and so represents the second highest reason for sick leave after mental diseases. A socio-professional inequality exists with regard to sick leave during pregnancy: the estimated frequency of sick leave for pregnancy is thirteen times higher in workers than in managers, and seven times higher in employees.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Médecine Préventive, Département de Recherche, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Spyckerelle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trudel
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Deschamps
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Grossesse et travail: à propos des arrêts de travail maladie.