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Table 3 Relations between labour market position and poor general health

From: Is any job better than no job at all? Studying the relations between employment types, unemployment and subjective health in Belgium

 

Basic model

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Standard jobs

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Instrumental jobs

1.15 n.s. (0.78–1.69)

1.27 n.s. (0.86–1.88)

1.07 n.s. (0.72–1.60)

0.98 n.s. (0.65–1.47)

Precarious jobs

2.07 *** (1.44–2.95)

2.43 *** (1.67–3.52)

1.70 ** (1.15–2.49)

1.53 * (1.04–2.26)

Portfolio jobs

0.70 n.s. (0.44–1.13)

0.72 n.s. (0.44–1.17)

0.79 n.s. (0.48–1.29)

0.82 n.s. (0.50–1.33)

Self-employment

1.41 * (1.00–1.98)

1.37 n.s. (0.97–1.93)

1.35 n.s. (0.96–1.91)

1.29 n.s. (0.91–1.84)

Unemployment

3.15 *** (2.28–4.34)

3.54 *** (2.54–4.92)

2.09 *** (1.47–2.97)

1.85 ** (1.29–2.65)

Women (men = ref.)

 

1.09 n.s. (0.90–1.32)

1.14 n.s. (0.93–1.38)

1.16 n.s. (0.95–1.42)

Age (50–64 = ref.)

 

***

***

***

 18–29

 

0.25 *** (0.18–0.34)

0.24 *** (0.17–0.33)

0.26 *** (0.18–0.36)

 30–49

 

0.63 *** (0.52–0.77)

0.60 *** (0.49–0.74)

0.60 *** (0.49–0.75)

HC (working partner = ref.)

  

n.s.

n.s.

 Non-working partner

  

1.22 n.s. (0.94–1.57)

1.20 n.s. (0.93–1.55)

 No partner

  

1.19 n.s. (0.93–1.52)

1.08 n.s. (0.84–1.39)

Renter (owner = ref.)

  

1.30 * (1.05–1.61)

1.26 * (1.01–1.56)

FS (able to make ends meet and save = ref.)

  

***

***

 Able to make ends meet, unable to save

  

1.23 n.s. (0.89–1.71)

1.13 n.s. (0.81–1.58)

 Difficult to make ends meet

  

2.21 *** (1.78–2.74)

1.89 *** (1.51–2.36)

Low social support (high = ref.)

   

2.49 *** (2.03–3.05)

Constant

0.11 ***

0.16 ***

0.12 ***

0.11 ***

Nagelkerke R Square

0.034

0.071

0.104

0.134

  1. 95% Confidence intervals are shown in parentheses
  2. Model 1: controlled for sex and age
  3. Model 2: controlled for sex, age and household situation (HC: household composition, home ownership and FS: financial situation)
  4. Model 3: final model controlled for sex, age, household situation and social support
  5. n.s. p > 0.05, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01,*** p < 0.001
  6. Source: Generations & Gender Survey Belgium ( n = 4208)