[Labor absenteeism in a social security institution and some related factors].

Objective: To analyse the sociocultural and organizational factors of the health services related to the unplanned absenteeism.

Material And Methods: By means of a cross and descriptive analysis, a group of workers from a Social Security Institution was studied. The previous year, this group presented a significant absenteeism, which means that the worker had stayed away from his work-place more than 12 working days in the year of 2003.