Table 4

Associations between weekend working and depressive symptoms

	Men						Women
	(1) Age		(2)+SEP+health†		(3)+mediators‡		(1) Age		(2)+SEP+health†		(3)+mediators‡
	Coef	95% CI	Coef	95% CI	Coef	95% CI	Coef	95% CI	Coef	95% CI	Coef	95% CI
Work schedule (reference: no weekends)
Some weekends	0.15	−0.09 to 0.38	0.14	−0.10 to 0.37	0.33**	0.11 to 0.55	0.20	−0.07 to 0.46	0.17	−0.10 to 0.43	0.17	−0.09 to 0.42
Most/all weekends	0.24	−0.04 to 0.52	0.23	−0.06 to 0.51	0.34*	0.08 to 0.61	0.70***	0.38 to 1.01	0.55***	0.24 to 0.87	0.50**	0.20 to 0.79
Age (continuous)
Age	0.20***	0.16 to 0.25	0.20***	0.15 to 0.25	0.14***	0.09 to 0.19	0.19***	0.13 to 0.24	0.19***	0.12 to 0.25	0.13***	0.06 to 0.19
Age2	−0.002***	−0.003 to -0.002	−0.002***	−0.003 to -0.002	−0.002***	−0.002 to -0.001	−0.002***	−0.003 to -0.002	−0.002***	−0.003 to -0.002	−0.001***	−0.002 to -0.001
Marital status (reference: married)
Single/never married			−0.04	−0.39 to 0.32	−0.04	−0.38 to 0.30			0.22	−0.17 to 0.61	0.04	−0.33 to 0.41
Separated/divorced/ widowed			0.23	−0.21 to 0.68	0.13	−0.28 to 0.53			0.67***	0.31 to 1.03	0.23	−0.10 to 0.56
Children in household (reference: none)
0–4 years			−0.31	−0.64 to 0.03	−0.19	−0.50 to 0.13			0.19	−0.17 to 0.55	0.22	−0.13 to 0.56
5–9 years			−0.02	−0.44 to 0.40	0.03	−0.36 to 0.42			−0.17	−0.57 to 0.23	−0.07	−0.44 to 0.30
10–15 years			0.18	−0.19 to 0.56	0.26	−0.09 to 0.61			0.10	−0.26 to 0.45	0.21	−0.12 to 0.54
Education attainment (reference: degree)
A level			−0.21	−0.51 to 0.09	−0.22	−0.51 to 0.07			0.06	−0.26 to 0.37	−0.01	−0.31 to 0.29
GCSE			−0.53***	−0.83 to -0.23	−0.46**	−0.74 to -0.19			0.18	−0.14 to 0.51	0.17	−0.13 to 0.48
Other qualification			−0.53**	−0.90 to -0.15	−0.47*	−0.83 to -0.11			0.37	−0.12 to 0.85	0.34	−0.11 to 0.79
No qualifications			−0.78**	−1.30 to -0.26	−0.56*	−1.05 to -0.08			−0.26	−0.83 to 0.30	−0.16	−0.69 to 0.38
NS-SEC (reference: manager/professional)
Intermediate			0.04	−0.26 to 0.33	0.05	−0.23 to 0.34			−0.22	−0.52 to 0.08	−0.34*	−0.63 to 0.05
Routine			−0.28	−0.57 to 0.01	−0.53***	−0.83 to -0.23			−0.25	−0.59 to 0.09	−0.42*	−0.76 to -0.08
Equivalised household income (reference: 5th quintile)
4th quintile			0.35*	0.07 to 0.63	−0.06	−0.33 to 0.21			0.14	−0.16 to 0.44	−0.16	−0.44 to 0.12
3rd quintile			0.47**	0.15 to 0.79	−0.11	−0.41 to 0.19			−0.05	−0.37 to 0.28	−0.55***	−0.86 to -0.25
2nd quintile			0.72***	0.35 to 1.08	−0.11	−0.46 to 0.25			0.48*	0.09 to 0.88	−0.24	−0.61 to 0.12
1st quintile (lowest)			1.00***	0.51 to 1.50	0.29	−0.17 to 0.75			0.60*	0.08 to 1.13	−0.11	−0.59 to 0.37
Smoker status (reference: non-smoker)
Ex-smoker			0.20	−0.03 to 0.43	0.15	−0.06 to 0.36			0.35**	0.11 to 0.59	0.18	−0.05 to 0.41
Smoker			0.71***	0.42 to 0.99	0.43**	0.16 to 0.70			1.04***	0.71 to 1.37	0.65***	0.34 to 0.96
Chronic illness (reference: none diagnosed)
Diagnosed condition			0.66***	0.36 to 0.96	0.53***	0.25 to 0.81			0.77***	0.44 to 1.11	0.56***	0.25 to 0.86
Income satisfaction (reference: satisfied)
Neutral					0.87***	0.54 to 1.19					1.42***	1.08 to 1.76
Dissatisfied					2.41***	2.15 to 2.68					2.74***	2.47 to 3.01
Job physicality (reference: not at all physical)
Not very physical					0.23	−0.02 to 0.49					0.25	−0.05 to 0.55
Fairly physical					0.56***	0.26 to 0.86					0.28	−0.06 to 0.61
Very physical					0.46*	0.08 to 0.85					0.53**	0.14 to 0.93
Job satisfaction (reference: satisfied)
Neutral					1.18***	0.81 to 1.55					1.77***	1.29 to 2.24
Dissatisfied					2.41***	2.05 to 2.77					2.91***	2.52 to 3.30
Work autonomy (continuous)
Work autonomy					−0.08***	−0.10 to -0.05					−0.05***	−0.08 to -0.03
Constant	5.77***	4.77 to 6.77	5.64***	4.49 to 6.80	6.55***	5.40 to 7.70	7.17***	6.02 to 8.32	6.59***	5.15 to 8.04	7.21***	5.81 to 8.62

Survey weights are applied.
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.
†Model is adjusted for age, age2, marital status, children in household, education attainment, NS-SEC, equivalised household income, smoker status and chronic illness.
†Model is also adjusted for income satisfaction, job physicality, job satisfaction, and work autonomy.
Coef, ß coefficient; NS-SEC, National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification.