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. 2010 Mar;70(6-3):867–874. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.022

Table 2.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the association between job insecurity and self-reported health.

Country N OR (95% CI)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Austria 350 1.61 (0.85–3.04) 1.69 (0.87–3.26) 1.57 (0.78–3.17) 1.71 (0.83–3.50)
Belgium 909 1.10 (0.70–1.73) 1.03 (0.64–1.64) 1.02 (0.64–1.64) 1.05 (0.65–1.71)
Czech Republic 4003 1.41 (1.24–1.61) 1.31 (1.15–1.50) 1.31 (1.14–1.49) 1.31 (1.14–1.49)
Denmark 641 1.99 (1.18–3.33) 1.98 (1.16–3.37) 1.84 (1.06–3.18) 1.80 (1.04–3.13)
France 889 1.45 (0.96–2.20) 1.30 (0.85–1.99) 1.22 (0.79–1.90) 1.26 (0.79–2.01)
Germany 864 2.00 (1.38–2.91) 1.96 (1.33–2.88) 2.02 (1.36–3.00) 2.00 (1.33–3.01)
Greece 806 1.54 (0.98–2.40) 1.49 (0.93–2.39) 1.62 (1.00–2.63) 1.71 (1.04–2.81)
Hungary 1286 1.66 (1.32–2.08) 1.53 (1.21–1.94) 1.55 (1.22–1.97) 1.56 (1.21–1.99)
Israel 823 1.77 (1.26–2.51) 1.63 (1.14–2.33) 1.71 (1.19–2.45) 1.65 (1.13–2.40)
Italy 469 1.56 (0.999–2.44) 1.54 (0.97–2.46) 1.56 (0.97–2.50) 1.44 (0.89–2.35)
The Netherlands 878 1.76 (1.19–2.60) 1.73 (1.15–2.60) 1.74 (1.16–2.63) 1.85 (1.22–2.80)
Poland 4315 1.41 (1.24–1.60) 1.37 (1.21–1.56) 1.38 (1.21–1.57) 1.39 (1.22–1.59)
Russia 4953 1.19 (0.99–1.42) 1.22 (1.02–1.47) 1.26 (1.04–1.51) 1.27 (1.06–1.53)
Spain 465 1.43 (0.79–2.60) 1.42 (0.77–2.60) 1.43 (0.76–2.68) 1.60 (0.84–3.04)
Sweden 1211 1.14 (0.81–1.62) 1.03 (0.71–1.49) 0.98 (0.67–1.42) 1.00 (0.68–1.47)
Switzerland 383 1.53 (0.68–3.44) 1.25 (0.53–2.91) 1.32 (0.52–3.34) 1.35 (0.53–3.45)

Model 1 includes job insecurity, age and sex.

Model 2 includes job insecurity, age, sex, education, managerial status, type of work (part-time job, full-time job, working excess hours) and marital status.

Model 3 includes job insecurity, age, sex, education, managerial status, type of work (part-time job, full-time job, working excess hours), marital status, physical activity, body-mass index, smoking and frequency of alcohol consumption.

Model 4 includes job insecurity, age, sex, education, managerial status, work hours, type of work (part-time job, full-time job, working excess hours), physical activity, body-mass index, smoking, frequency of alcohol consumption and existence of at least a chronic disease from diabetes, cancer, stroke, hypertension, coronary heart disease.