Adjusted HRs with 95% CIs for the associations between labour force status and specific mental diagnosis, stratified by cohort
| Affective* | Stress | Alcohol/drug use | Self-harm | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort | HR adjusted (95% CI) | Number of events | HR adjusted (95% CI) | Number of events | HR adjusted (95% CI) | Number of events | HR adjusted (95% CI) | Number of events |
| Crisis | ||||||||
| Full-time worker (ref) | 1.0 | 12 | 1.0 | 17 | 1.0 | 16 | 1.0 | 5 |
| Unemployed (total) | 1.84 (0.92 to 3.68) | 30 | 1.69 (0.94 to 3.06) | 39 | 2.58 (1.43 to 4.65) | 45 | 2.02 (0.69 to 5.85) | 14 |
| Economically inactive | 1.32 (0.59 to 2.98) | 15 | 0.93 (0.45 to 1.98) | 14 | 0.57 (0.20 to 1.61) | 5 | 0.78 (0.17 to 3.50) | 3 |
| Unstable labour force status | 1.45 (0.64 to 3.30) | 13 | 0.97 (0.45 to 2.08) | 12 | 0.98 (0.41 to 2.34) | 8 | 1.21 (0.31 to 4.71) | 4 |
| Non-crisis | ||||||||
| Full-time worker (ref) | 1.0 | 24 | 1.0 | 23 | 1.0 | 41 | 1.0 | 6 |
| Unemployed (total) | 1.54 (0.85 to 2.79) | 22 | 2.08 (1.64 to 4.76) | 38 | 2.34 (1.54 to 3.57) | 51 | 1.86 (0.58 to 5.94) | 6 |
| Economically inactive | 1.82 (0.93 to 3.56) | 16 | 1.75 (0.90 to 3.42) | 16 | 0.65 (0.32 to 1.33) | 10 | 0.58 (0.07 to 5.16) | 1 |
| Unstable labour force status | 0.98 (0.47 to 2.05) | 11 | 1.89 (1.02 to 3.49) | 21 | 1.07 (0.60 to 1.93) | 17 | 0.78 (0.15 to 4.02) | 2 |
HR adjusted: adjusted for sex, age and country of birth, prior own mental diagnosis before exposure and assessment by the Labour Force Survey, parental socioeconomic index, parental education and parents’ mental health.
*Includes depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder.