“…The prevalence of greater absenteeism among women is corroborated by Brazilian research (Duarte et al, 2017;Leão et al, 2015;Magalhães Filho, Zanin, & Flório, 2018;Santa-Marinha, Teixeira, Maciel, & Moreira, 2018;Santana et al, 2016;Silva et al, 2016), as well as the prevalence of sick leave among married nursing professionals (Duarte et al, 2017;Leão et al, 2015;Silva et al, 2016) those with children (Duarte et al, 2017) and those who had medium levels of education (Duarte et al, 2017;Magalhães Filho et al, 2018;Santa-Marinha et al, 2018;Silva et al, 2016).…”