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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jan 27;72(6):840–854. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.005

Table 4.

Tests of heterogeneity and sample size information for the meta-analyses reported in Table 3.

Unadjusted Adjusted for Age
Only
Adjusted for Age and
Additional
Covariates
n Q-test p-
value
n Q-test p-
value
n Q-test p-
value
All available data 40 .001 75 .892 120 .999
Non-estimated death rate only 35 .000 59 .996 78 .999
Non-estimated SE only 37 .000 60 .950 114 .999
By sex
  Women 13 .024 30 .755 36 .956
  Men 13 .015 44 .896 54 .939
By average age (y)
  ≤ 40 12 .466 33 .993 29 .958
  40 – 49.9 23 .000 28 .254 70 .999
  50 – 65 5 .957 10 .877 19 .817
By mean follow-up duration (y)
  ≤ 5 7 .750 27 .475 30 .917
  5.1 – 10 18 .000 27 .395 47 .993
  > 10 15 .529 21 .993 43 .914
By comparison group
  Employed 39 .000 55 .770 120 .999
  General Population 1 -- 20 .999 0 --
By unemployment measure
  Unemployed only 31 .090 61 .747 90 .991
  Unemployed or not in labor force 9 .002 12 .360 30 .911