Table 4 Odds ratios associated with being unemployed at time t+4 years for self-rated health and behavioural risk factors at baseline time t (longitudinal analysis)

Independent variables	Women	Men
Independent variables	OR* (95% CI)	OR* (95% CI)
Self-reported health
Score ⩾8	1.0	1.0
Score <8	1.7 (1.2 to 2.3)	1.5 (1.1 to 2.2)
Obesity
Underweight or normal	1.0	1.0
Overweight	1.3 (0.9 to 1.9)	0.8 (0.6 to 1.2)
Obese	2.0 (1.2 to 3.4)	0.5 (0.2 to 1.0)
Smoking habits
Non-smoker	1.0	1.0
Former smoker	0.8 (0.5 to 1.2)	1.4 (0.9 to 2.1)
Smokes up to 1 pack/day	0.9 (0.6 to 1.4)	1.3 (0.8 to 2.0)
Heavy smoker	1.7 (0.6 to 4.8)	1.8 (1.0 to 3.3)

Private sector employees aged 30–54 years in Enquête sur la Santé et la Protection Sociale survey, 1992–5, 1996–8 and 2000–2.
*Adjusted for age, educational level, type of job contract, household composition and presence of children of less than 6 years in the household.