Table 5.

Health effects of employment status adjusted for potential explanatory factors. Adjusted odds ratios or adjusted differences between respondents permanently out of paid employment, insecurely re-employed, or unemployed compared with securely re-employed respondents

Potential explanatory factors added into fully adjusted model	Difference in general health questionnaire score				Odds ratio for ⩾4 GP visits in past year
	Adjusted*	Fully adjusted† (95% CI)	Change‡		Adjusted*	Fully adjusted† (95% CI)	Change‡
Insecure re-employment
Negative affect	1.49	1.49 (0.8 to 2.2)	1%		2.02	2.00 (1.0 to 4.0)	−1%
Decision authority (at phase 1 (third) and adverse change phase 1 v 18 months after privatisation)	1.59	1.49 (0.9 to 2.1)	−6%		1.92	1.97 (1.0 to 3.7)	4%
Skill discretion (at phase 1 (third) and lack of beneficial change phase 1 v 18 months after privatisation)	1.60	1.58 (0.9 to 2.2)	−1%		2.04	2.10 (1.1 to 4.0)	4%
General health questionnaire score§					1.88	1.60 (0.8 to 3.0)	−26%
All above factors	1.48	1.33 (0.6 to 2.1)	−11%		2.15	1.88 (0.9 to 4.0)	−18%
Unemployment
Negative affect	1.18	1.18 (0.4 to 1.9)	0%		2.01	1.96 (0.9 to 4.1)	−4%
Financial strain§	1.12	1.02 (0.3 to 1.80	−9%		2.01	1.88 (0.9 to 3.9)	−9%
Hour or more vigorous exercise/week§	1.24	1.24 (0.5 to 1.9)	0		2.15	2.34 (1.2 to 4.6)	11%
General health questionnaire score§	—	—	—		2.17	1.77 (0.9 to 3.5)	−27%
All above factors	1.18	1.10 (0.3 to 1.9)	−7%		2.01	1.74 (0.8 to 3.8)	−21%

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

^†Adjusted for age, sex, grade, marital status, baseline value of outcome of interest, and factors in table. 

^‡% change in log of odds ratios or differences between adjusted and unadjusted values. 

^§At phase 1 and 18 months after privatisation.