Table 4 Job insecurity and job insecurity combined with labour market chances and decline in self-rated health in 1557 employed women and 1618 employed men aged 50 or younger in Denmark (1995–2000)

Variables	Exposed	Decline in health	OR (95% CI)
Variables	No	No (%)	OR (95% CI)
Women (n = 1557)
Job insecurity
No job insecurity	1267	118 (9.3)	1
Job insecurity	290	45 (15.5)	1.88 (1.27 to 2.78)
Job insecurity and labour market chances
No job insecurity	1267	118 (9.3)	1
Job insecurity with good labour market chances	137	17 (12.4)	1.59 (0.91 to 2.80)
Job insecurity with poor labour market chances	153	28 (18.3)	2.13 (1.32 to 3.45)
Men (n = 1618)
Job insecurity
No job insecurity	1342	138 (10.3)	1
Job insecurity	276	41 (14.9)	1.23 (0.83 to 1.83)
Job insecurity and labour market chances
No job insecurity	1342	138 (10.3)	1
Job insecurity with good labour market chances	174	21 (12.1)	1.00 (0.60 to 1.66)
Job insecurity with poor labour market chances	102	20 (19.6)	1.64 (0.95 to 2.84)

Logistic regression analyses: adjusted for age, smoking, body mass index, cohabitation, small children at home, socioeconomic position, type of employment, and “good” versus “very good” self-rated health at baseline (model 4).