| Women | Men | |||
| % | No | % | No | |
| Employment status at time t+4 | ||||
| Still employed | 92.2 | 2231 | 95 | 3124 |
| Unemployed | 7.8 | 189 | 5.0 | 163 |
| Characteristics at time t | ||||
| Self-rated health | ||||
| Score ⩾8 (optimal) | 74.4 | 1800 | 80.0 | 2628 |
| Score <8 (non-optimal) | 25.6 | 620 | 20.0 | 659 |
| Obesity | ||||
| Underweight or normal | 74.6 | 1806 | 55.6 | 1826 |
| Overweight | 18.7 | 453 | 37.1 | 1218 |
| Obese | 6.7 | 161 | 7.4 | 243 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Non-smoker | 56.2 | 1360 | 32.6 | 1072 |
| Former smoker | 19.6 | 475 | 28.0 | 921 |
| Smokes up to 1 pack/day | 22.6 | 548 | 32.2 | 1059 |
| Heavy smoker | 1.5 | 37 | 7.2 | 235 |
| All sample | 100 | 2420 | 100 | 3287 |
Salaried employees in the private sector aged 30–54 years in Enquête sur la Santé et la Protection Sociale survey, 1992–5, 1996–8 and 2000–2.