title: Profiling the U.S. Sick Leave Landscape: Presenteeism among Females.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To profile the sick leave landscape in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bivariate and multivariate analyses to identify (i) employees without sick pay coverage and (ii) employees who attend work sick.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-five percent of full-time employees have sick pay coverage. Coverage rates are below 20 percent for employees with hourly wages below $10, part-time employees, and employees in the hospitality and leisure industry.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Each week, up to 3 million U.S. employees go to work sick. Females, low-income earners, and those aged 25 to 34 years have a significantly elevated risk of presenteeism behavior.
authors.affiliation: Policy Analysis and Management (B.S.) (expected graduation in May 2016), Cornell University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Susser
authors.affiliation: Policy Analysis and Management (PAM), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
authors.forename: Nicolas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Ziebarth
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D000069597:Presenteeism / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload
keywords: Paid sick leave; U.S. sick leave landscape; low-income worker; medical leave; presenteeism; sick pay