Table 3.

Health outcomes for participants in insecure re-employment, permanently out of paid employment, and unemployed compared with those in secure re-employment 18 months after privatisation. Figures are odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) except for symptom score, health problems, and general health questionnaire, which are differences (95% confidence interval)

	Insecure re-employment	Permanent exit from employment	Unemployment
Health measures*:
Self rated health average or worse	1.48 (0.9 to 2.5)	0.88 (0.5 to 1.7)	1.20 (0.7 to 2.2)
Longstanding illness	1.31 (0.7 to 2.3)	2.25 (1.1 to 4.4)	1.62 (0.7 to 3.0)
Symptom score	0.27 (−0.3 to 0.8)	−0.30 (−1.0 to 0.4)	0.32 (−0.3 to 1.0)
No of health problems	0.10 (−0.2 to 0.4)	−0.06 (−0.5 to 0.3)	0.16 (−0.2 to 0.5)
General health questionnaire score	1.56 (1.0 to 2.2)	0.07 (−0.7 to 0.8)	1.25 (0.6 to 2.0)
Health service use†
⩾4 general practitioner visits	2.04 (1.1 to 3.8)	1.93 (0.9 to 4.0)	2.39 (1.2 to 4.7)

^*Adjusted for sex, age, grade, marital status, and baseline value of outcome of interest. 

^†Adjusted for sex, age, grade, and marital status.