Means, percentage with poor health, and age adjusted odds ratios for depressive symptoms* (GHQ subscale) and SF36 physical functioning† by employment grade
| Depression | Physical functioning | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean score | Score >3 % | Odds ratio (95% CI) | Mean score | Poor functioning % | Odds ratio (95% CI) | ||
| *Depressive symptoms defined as scoring >3 on depression subscale. | |||||||
| †Poor physical functioning defined as being in lowest sex specific quartile. ‡Employment grades UG1-6; UG7 and SEO/HEO were combined for women because there were smaller proportions of women in these categories. | |||||||
| Men | (n=4952) | (n=5006) | |||||
| UG1-6 | 0.75 | 9 | 1 | 91.4 | 23 | 1 | |
| UG7 | 0.86 | 11 | 1.06 (0.9 to 1.4) | 91.5 | 23 | 1.14 (0.9 to 1.4) | |
| SEO | 0.83 | 10 | 0.96 (0.7 to 1.3) | 91.1 | 23 | 1.23 (0.9 to 1.5) | |
| HE0 | 0.97 | 12 | 1.08 (0.8 to 1.5) | 90.4 | 26 | 1.58 (1.3 to 2.0) | |
| EO | 1.39 | 20 | 2.12 (1.5 to 2.9) | 87.7 | 32 | 2.03 (1.6 to 2.6) | |
| Clerical | 1.49 | 22 | 2.44 (1.7 to 3.5) | 83.9 | 37 | 2.31 (1.7 to 3.1) | |
| Women | (n=2089) | (n=2119) | |||||
| UG1-7‡ | 1.01 | 11 | 1 | 87.9 | 16 | 1 | |
| SEO/HEO‡ | 1.20 | 13 | 1.18 (0.8 to 1.8) | 85.0 | 21 | 1.44 (0.9 to 2.1) | |
| EO | 1.33 | 17 | 1.77 (1.1 to 2.8) | 80.3 | 33 | 2.22 (1.5 to 3.2) | |
| Clerical | 1.32 | 17 | 1.79 (1.2 to 2.7) | 74.7 | 43 | 3.35 (2.4 to 4.7) | |