Table 5 Multivariate models with different time windows of significant determinants of leaving employment for household care among women in the European Household Panel Survey with at least 2 consecutive previous years of employment before leaving the workforce to take care of household.

	Years before leaving the workforce to take care of household
	1 year	2 years	3 years	4 years
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
n (stayed employed)	18 100	13 818	11 351	10 419
n (household)	1000	608	229	193
Poor health–married	2.6 (2.0 to 3.3)*	2.1 (1.5 to 2.8)*	1.7 (1.1 to 2.7)*	1.3 (0.8 to 2.2)
Good health–married	2.4 (2.0 to 3.0)*	1.9 (1.4 to 2.4)*	1.7 (1.1 to 2.6)*	1.7 (1.1 to 2.5)*
Poor health–not married	1.6 (1.1 to 2.3)*	1.3 (0.9 to 2.0)	0.7 (0.3 to 1.4)	0.9 (0.4 to 1.7)
Good health–not married	1	1	1	1
Age (years)
16–24	0.5 (0.4 to 0.7)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.7)*	0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)	0.6 (0.3 to 1.2)
25–44	0.4 (0.3 to 0.5)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.5)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.7)*	0.4 (0.2 to 0.6)*
45–54	0.4 (0.3 to 0.5)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.6)*	0.5 (0.3 to 0.9)*	0.4 (0.2 to 0.7)*
Educational level
High	0.6 (0.5 to 0.8)*	0.7 (0.5 to 0.9)*	0.8 (0.5 to 1.2)	0.7 (0.5 to 1.2)
Intermediate	0.8 (0.7 to 1.0)*	0.9 (0.7 to 1.1)	0.9 (0.7 to 1.3)	0.9 (0.6 to 1.3)
Low	1	1	1	1
Children <12 years	1.9 (1.6 to 2.2)*	1.6 (1.3 to 1.9)*	1.1 (0.8 to 1.5)	n/a
Personal income
>75th centile	0.3 (0.2 to 0.4)*	0.2 (0.2 to 0.4)*	0.4 (0.2 to 0.6)*	0.3 (0.2 to 0.6)*
25–75th centile	0.4 (0.3 to 0.4)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.5)*	0.4 (0.3 to 0.6)*	0.6 (0.4 to 0.8)*
<25th centile	1	1	1	1

n/a = not available in data collection.

*Wald's χ² test, p<0.05.

†Significant interaction.