Model 1: the effects of broad employment transition types on psychological distress*—multivariate models
| Adjusted OR (95% CI) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Age, sex | Age, sex, sick‡ | Age, sex, prior case | Age, sex, sick‡, prior case | |
| Number of transitions = 13359. *12-item GHQ score ⩾3; †reference category; ‡unable to work because of long term illness. | ||||
| Employed/employed† | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Non-employed/non-employed | 1.65 (1.43 to 1.91) | 1.42 (1.22 to 1.65) | 1.59 (1.37 to 1.85) | 1.40 (1.20 to 1.63) |
| Employed/non-employed | 1.73 (1.54 to 1.94) | 1.64 (1.46 to 1.85) | 1.77 (1.58 to 1.99) | 1.70 (1.51 to 1.92) |
| Non-employed/employed | 1.19 (1.07 to 1.33) | 1.16 (1.04 to 1.30) | 1.15 (1.03 to 1.29) | 1.13 (1.01 to 1.26) |
| Age | ||||
| 15–24 | 2.51 (1.65 to 3.82) | 2.63 (1.73 to 4.00) | 2.20 (1.48 to 3.27) | 2.32 (1.56 to 3.46) |
| 25–34 | 2.89 (1.90 to 4.41) | 2.94 (1.93 to 4.48) | 2.45 (1.64 to 3.65) | 2.51 (1.68 to 3.76) |
| 35–44 | 3.06 (1.94 to 4.83) | 3.05 (1.94 to 4.80) | 2.53 (1.64 to 3.90) | 2.55 (1.65 to 3.96) |
| 45–54 | 2.91 (1.89 to 4.50) | 2.77 (1.80 to 4.27) | 2.39 (1.57 to 3.62) | 2.32 (1.53 to 3.53) |
| 55–64 | 2.06 (1.32 to 3.22) | 1.94 (1.25 to 3.02) | 1.80 (1.17 to 2.76) | 1.73 (1.13 to 2.67) |
| 65–74† | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Sex (reference men) | 1.39 (1.23 to 1.57) | 1.44 (1.27 to 1.63) | 1.33 (1.18 to 1.48) | 1.36 (1.21 to 1.53) |
| Sick‡ | – | 2.63 (2.08 to 3.34) | – | 2.27 (1.80 to 2.87) |
| Prior GHQ case | – | – | 3.66 (3.31 to 4.06) | 3.60 (3.25 to3.99) |