Table 3 Prevalence rates, rate differences and ORs (95% CI) for each welfare regime separately (N = 37 499)
| Sex | Welfare regime | Limiting long-standing illness | Poor/fair general health | ||||
| Prev (%) | Unemp (%) (RD) | OR (95% CI) | Prev (%) | Unemp (%) (RD) | OR (95% CI) | ||
| Men | Scandinavian | 17.5 | 30.3 (13.5) | 1.96 (1.47 to 2.61) | 18.4 | 17.6 (17.0) | 2.27 (1.72 to 3.01) |
| Bismarckian | 13.7 | 25.1 (12.0) | 2.21 (1.74 to 2.79) | 20.1 | 19.0 (19.8) | 2.72 (2.21 to 3.35) | |
| Anglo-Saxon | 11.1 | 16.4 (5.7) | 1.67 (0.99 to 2.81) | 12.7 | 11.7 (16.9) | 2.97 (1.92 to 4.60) | |
| Southern | 6.8 | 12.5 (6.2) | 2.07 (1.34 to 3.18) | 21.9 | 21.2 (12.6) | 1.82 (1.35 to 2.46) | |
| Eastern | 17.6 | 27.4 (10.8) | 1.89 (1.43 to 2.52) | 33.1 | 31.6 (17.8) | 2.15 (1.67 to 2.76) | |
| Women | Scandinavian | 19.4 | 35.3 (17.0) | 2.28 (1.71 to 3.03) | 17.8 | 35.3 (18.7) | 2.99 (2.34 to 4.00) |
| Bismarckian | 14.8 | 23.5 (9.4) | 1.87 (1.48 to 2.37) | 21.9 | 34.7 (13.8) | 2.06 (1.67 to 2.55) | |
| Anglo-Saxon | 10.0 | 23.1 (13.7) | 2.73 (1.50 to 4.95) | 13.6 | 27.5 (14.8) | 2.78 (1.63 to 4.73) | |
| Southern | 7.8 | 11.8 (4.5) | 1.52 (1.03 to 2.25) | 30.5 | 39.3 (10.1) | 1.66 (1.31 to 2.11) | |
| Eastern | 18.1 | 24.4 (7.0) | 1.65 (1.24 to 2.19) | 38.4 | 49.0 (12.0) | 1.76 (1.38 to 2.25) | |
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Prev, total prevalence; Unemp, prevalence among unemployed; RD, rate difference between employed and unemployed.
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All measures were age-standardised.
