Table 2.
Associations between job instability/insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic and thoughts of suicide/self-harm
| Model 0 | Model 12 | Model 23 | Model 34 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR5 | 95% CI l6 | 95% CI u7 | OR5 | 95% CI l6 | 95% CI u7 | OR5 | 95% CI l6 | 95% CI u7 | OR5 | 95% CI l6 | 95% CI u7 | |
| Stably employed | ref | ref | ref | ref | ||||||||
| Increased job insecurity | 2.88 | 1.20 | 6.92 | 2.77 | 1.15 | 6.67 | 2.75 | 1.02 | 7.45 | 1.97 | 0.61 | 6.30 |
| Downsizing | 2.47 | 1.27 | 4.78 | 2.41 | 1.24 | 4.70 | 2.20 | 1.06 | 4.59 | 2.28 | 1.05 | 4.96 |
| Furlough | 0.80 | 0.28 | 2.24 | 0.76 | 0.27 | 2.12 | 0.67 | 0.20 | 2.23 | 0.87 | 0.23 | 3.28 |
| Job loss/unemployment | 4.05 | 2.01 | 8.15 | 3.70 | 1.79 | 7.63 | 3.89 | 1.75 | 8.65 | 4.78 | 1.92 | 11.93 |
1 Model 0 crude model i.e. unadjusted for covariates
2 Model 1-sex, age, manual/non-manual, married/cohabiting or single
3 Model 2-model 1 plus prior poor mental health problems
4 Model 3-model 1 plus big 5 personality traits
5 OR = Odds ratio
6 CI l = Confidence interval lower bound
7 CI u = Confidence interval upper bound