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The adjusted mean lost productive time (LPT*) for a family health reason was significantly higher in younger (less than 40 years of age) than older workers (40 or more years old). For example, 2.7% of workers between the ages of 30-39 reported 2 or more LPT hours per week, compared to 1.02% of workers aged 50-65. The percentage of workers between the ages of 18-39 who reported more than 2 hours of lost productive time (LPT) was 2.51 while the same figure for workers between the ages of 40-65 was 1.49. (Table 2, p. 1239)
*The components of LPT are absence time for personal health reasons, reduced performance time while at work for personal health reasons, and absence time for family health reasons.
Stewart, W. F., Ricci, J. A., Chee, E., & Morganstein, D. (2003). Lost productive work time costs from health conditions in the United States: Results from the American productivity audit. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 45(12), 1234-1246.
This 2001-02 study used telephone interviews to complete the American Productivity Audit (APA) to gain data on the impact of health conditions on worker productivity in terms of lost productive time (LPT). Over 28,000 surveys were completed over a one-year span and the data analyzed to determine average lost productive time for different variable groups, such as age group, gender, region of residence, respondent work status in last week for pay/profit, and number of hours missed from work in the last week by respondent.
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