Table 2

The association between background factors and stressful work characteristics

Predictor	Still working at follow-up								Exit from the labour market at follow-up
	ERI		Effort		Reward		Control		ERI		Effort		Reward		Control
	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value	β	p Value
Age	−0.08	0.01	−0.13	<0.001	0.01	0.704	0.02	0.502	0.08	0.313	0.01	0.905	−0.12	0.119	−0.17	0.029
Sex M_W	−0.05	0.126	−0.00	0.904	0.07	0.026	0.00	0.970	−0.03	0.742	−0.01	0.875	0.02	0.798	−0.03	0.664
Education
L3_L1	0.06	0.080	0.05	0.160	−0.05	0.121	−0.13	<0.001	−0.04	0.626	−0.08	0.330	−0.08	0.344	−0.11	0.154
L3_L2	−0.05	0.167	−0.09	0.009	−0.05	0.176	−0.14	<0.001	−0.02	0.839	−0.06	0.459	−0.06	0.424	−0.01	0.868
Occupation
L3_L1	0.14	<0.001	−0.01	0.813	−0.25	<0.001	−0.25	<0.001	0.04	0.637	−0.07	0.422	−0.16	0.046	−0.16	0.053
L3_L2	0.03	0.474	−0.03	0.364	−0.09	0.014	−0.06	0.109	0.05	0.525	−0.09	0.254	−0.17	0.038	−0.11	0.161
Depression
L0_L1	0.19	<0.001	0.11	0.001	−0.20	<0.001	−0.21	<0.001	0.27	<0.001	0.18	0.019	−0.26	0.001	−0.09	0.218
Allostatic load	0.01	0.702	0.02	0.542	−0.01	0.863	0.04	0.252	0.09	0.279	0.07	0.430	−0.08	0.333	0.02	0.861

Education and occupation: for example, L3_L1=level 1 (lowest) compared with level 3 (highest).
Depression L0_L1: depression=L1 compared with no depression=L0; control=job control.Sex: M_W=women compared to men.
ERI, effort–reward imbalance.