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Table 4 Relations between labour market position and poor mental 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

2.34 *** (1.49–3.65)

2.56 *** (1.62–4.03)

2.07 ** (1.30–3.31)

1.76 * (1.08–2.88)

Precarious jobs

4.06 *** (2.72–6.07)

3.50 *** (2.32–5.29)

2.15 *** (1.40–3.31)

1.74 * (1.10–2.75)

Portfolio jobs

0.75 n.s. (0.41–1.39)

1.00 n.s. (0.54–1.87)

1.26 n.s. (0.66–2.39)

1.46 n.s. (0.75–2.83)

Self-employment

1.16 n.s. (0.73–1.83)

1.32 n.s. (0.83–2.10)

1.25 n.s. (0.78–2.01)

1.14 n.s. (0.69–1.88)

Unemployment

6.70 *** (4.66–9.63)

6.89 *** (4.75–9.99)

3.29 *** (2.21–4.89)

2.70 *** (1.77–4.13)

Women (men = ref.)

 

1.93 *** (1.55–2.41)

2.04 *** (1.62–2.56)

2.42 *** (1.89–3.09)

Age (50–64 = ref.)

 

n.s.

n.s.

n.s.

 18–29

 

0.77 n.s. (0.57–1.05)

0.72 * (0.53–1.00)

0.92 n.s. (0.65–1.30)

 30–49

 

0.92 n.s. (0.72–1.18)

0.86 n.s. (0.66–1.12)

0.89 n.s. (0.67–1.17)

HC (working partner = ref.)

  

***

***

 Non-working partner

  

1.07 n.s. (0.78–1.46)

1.05 n.s. (0.75–1.46)

 No partner

  

2.13 *** (1.66–2.74)

1.98 *** (1.51–2.58)

Renter (owner = ref.)

  

1.21 n.s. (0.96–1.53)

1.11 n.s. (0.86–1.42)

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

  

***

***

 Able to make ends meet, unable to save

  

2.17 *** (1.51–3.11)

1.89 *** (1.29–2.77)

 Difficult to make ends meet

  

3.45 *** (2.69–4.43)

2.62 *** (2.01–3.42)

Social support

   

7.44 *** (5.92–9.36)

Constant

0.06 ***

0.04 ***

0.02 ***

0.01 ***

Nagelkerke R Square

0.081

0.099

0.181

0.311

  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 = 4201)