Number of sick days taken by U.S. adults in the past year as of 2017

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Alexander Kunst,
Sep 3, 2019
This statistic shows the number of sick leave days U.S. adults took last year as of February 2017. It was found that 27 percent of respondents did not take any sick leave days and 53 percent took up to five.

Number of sick leave days U.S. adults took last year as of 2017

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Release date

February 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

February 16 to 27, 2017

Number of respondents

615 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: How many days were you on sick leave last year? Please give your best guess if you are not sure. Leave the field blank if you prefer not to answer?
All respondents were full-time employees.
Respondents could choose whether to answer the open question or not.

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