. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 2.

Published in final edited form as: Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2006 May 19;80(2):109–116. doi: 10.1007/s00420-006-0108-5

Table 2.

Mean depressive symptoms scores and proportions of participants with clinically relevant depressive symptoms by exposure category: pre- and post-job loss

Exposure category	Pre-job loss	Post-job loss	Percentage change
Depressive symptoms score^a
One job loss	0.19	0.21	+10.5
Two job losses	0.27	0.29	+7.4
Three-fourth job losses	0.29	0.25	–13.8
Proportion with clinically relevant depression^b
One job loss	17.7%	18.9%	+6.8
Two job losses	22.3%	24.6%	+10.3
Three-fourth job losses	25.0%	29.2%	+16.8

Variable range: –0.43, 2.01

Variable defined as: 1 = equated depressive symptoms score ≥ 0.84; 0 otherwise