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. 2023 May 4;22:101424. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101424

Table 1.

Sample characteristics within the total sample and by exposure to job instability at any point in time during the pandemic. Column percent are presented for comparability between groups.

All n = 1558
Stable work situation
Downsizing
Furloughed
Job loss
n = 1171 (75%)
n = 173 (11%)
n = 140 (9%)
n = 98 (6%)
N/mean %/sd N/mean %/sd N/mean %/sd N/mean %/sd N/mean %/sd
Health during the pandemic:
Depression (PHQ9) 135 9 94 8 16 10 13 10 12 13
Anxiety (GAD7) 75 5 49 4 13 8 5 4 5 5
Women 930 60 728 62 97 56 63 45 56 57
Age 55 11 55 11 55 11 53 11 57 11
Married/cohabiting 1202 78 913 79 131 76 105 75 71 73
Compulsory education 47 3 35 3 5 3 5 4 2 2
Upper secondary 491 32 362 31 63 36 47 34 29 30
University 1017 65 771 66 105 61 88 63 67 68
Manual employee 259 17 183 16 34 20 28 20 20 21
Non-manual employee 1278 83 974 84 136 80 109 80 77 79
Born in Sweden 1475 95 1117 95 159 92 130 93 90 92
Pre-pandemic health:
Depression 53 4 38 4 8 5 7 6 3 4
Anxiety 191 14 142 14 26 18 18 15 11 14