Table 4. Sex Differences in Poor Mental Functioning before and after Adjustment for Work Characteristics.
| Britain | Japan | Finland | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| poor MCS % |
Model 1 (Age -adjusted) OR (95%CI) |
Model 2 (Model 1 +SES) OR (95%CI) |
Model 3 (Model 2+ work) OR (95%CI) |
poor MCS % |
Model 1 (Age -adjusted) OR (95%CI) |
Model 2 (Model 1 +SES) OR (95%CI) |
Model 3 (Model 2+ work) OR (95%CI) |
poor MCS % |
Model 1 (Age -adjusted) OR (95%CI) |
Model 2 (Model 1 +SES) OR (95%CI) |
Model 3 (Model 2+ work) OR (95%CI) |
|
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men | 23.1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 19.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 24.0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Women | 29.4 | 1.45(1.30-1.63) | 1.47(1.30-1.67) | 1.39(1.23-1.58) | 32.2 | 1.91 (1.56-2.34) | 1.71 (1.39-2.12) | 1.33 (1.06-1.67) | 25.3 | 1.07(0.94-1.22) | 1.11(0.97-1.26) | 1.02(0.89-1.17) |
| Age | ||||||||||||
| 40-49 | 28.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 27.4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 25.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 50-60 | 20.3 | 0.62(0.55-0.69) | 0.62(0.55-0.69) | 0.63(0.57-0.71) | 19.4 | 0.66 (0.54-0.80) | 0.74 (0.60-0.91) | 0.82(0.66-1.02) | 24.6 | 0.95(0.86-1.06) | 0.96(0.86-1.06) | 0.93(0.84-1.03) |
| Grades | ||||||||||||
| Grade 1 | 23.6 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 12.2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 27.8 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Grade 2 | 26.1 | 1.05(0.94-1.19) | 1.07(0.94-1.22) | 23.5 | 1.81 (1.27-2.57) | 1.67(1.16-2.42) | 25.5 | 0.88(0.76-1.01) | 0.85(0.73-0.99) | |||
| Grade 3 | 25.4 | 0.96(0.80-1.14) | 1.00(0.82-1.23) | 26.8 | 1.90 (1.34-2.67) | 1.78(1.23-2.57) | 23.6 | 0.78(0.69-0.89) | 0.68(0.59-0.79) | |||
| Grade 4 | 21.9 | 0.73(0.62-0.86) | 0.54(0.45-0.65) | |||||||||
| Control | ||||||||||||
| Low | 28.0 | 1.77(1.52-2.07) | 24.7 | 2.04(1.52-2.74) | 31.7 | 2.31(2.00-2.67) | ||||||
| Intermediate | 25.9 | 1.42(1.23-1.63) | 26.9 | 1.95(1.49-2.54) | 24.2 | 1.42(1.25-1.62) | ||||||
| High | 21.5 | 1.00 | 17.5 | 1.00 | 21.0 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Demand | ||||||||||||
| Low | 19.2 | 1.00 | 13.4 | 1.00 | 16.6 | 1.00 | ||||||
| Intermediate | 24.6 | 1.56(1.35-1.80) | 21.9 | 1.83(1.39-2.42) | 21.9 | 1.38(1.19-1.60) | ||||||
| High | 31.7 | 2.52(2.17-2.93) | 38.2 | 3.74(2.75-5.07) | 33.4 | 2.43(2.13-2.76) | ||||||
| Work hours* | ||||||||||||
| <7 hours /day | 26.3 | 1.20(0.88-1.63) | 20.7 | 1.47(1.00-2.16) | 29.2 | 1.34(1.13-1.59) | ||||||
| 7-9 hours /day | 25.1 | 1.00 | 18.2 | 1.00 | 24.2 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 9-11 hours /day | 24.9 | 0.92(0.79-1.06) | 35.7 | 1.74(1.35-2.25) | 26.5 | 1.01(0.87-1.19) | ||||||
| 11< hours /day | 22.6 | 0.82(0.63-1.08) | 40.4 | 2.30(1.58-3.34) | 24.7 | 0.96(0.66-1.39) | ||||||