Rural/urban differences in access to paid sick leave among full‐time workers

• Published in: The Journal of rural health Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 676 - 685
• Main Authors: Henning‐Smith, Carrie, Dill, Janette, Baldomero, Arianne, Backes Kozhimannil, Katy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Access; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Bivariate analysis; chronic conditions; COVID‐19; Educational Status; Employee benefits; Employers; Employment; Health education; Health promotion; Humans; Middle Aged; paid sick leave; Probability; Residents; Respondents; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural urban differences; Salaries and Fringe Benefits; Sick Leave; Sociodemographics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time; Urban areas; Urban population; Work; Workers; Young Adult; COVID-19; paid sick leave; employment; chronic conditions

Purpose Access to paid sick leave is critically important to promoting good health, caregiving, and stopping the spread of disease. In this study, we estimate whether access to paid sick leave among US full‐time workers differs between rural and urban residents. Methods We used data from the 2020 Na...