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Table 2.

Factors Associated with Being Employed, Derived from Longitudinal Analysis Using Multivariate Generalized Estimating Equations Modeling

	Unadjusted n=32,773			Model 1^a n=27,353			Model 2^a n=27,353			Model 3^a n=27,353
Factors	Crude odds ratio^b	99.5% lower CI	99.5% upper CI	Odds ratio^c	99.5% lower CI	99.5% upper CI	Odds ratio^c	99.5% lower CI	99.5% upper CI	Odds ratio^c	99.5% lower CI	99.5% upper CI
Health problems
Psychiatric conditions	0.41	0.28	0.61	0.46	0.28	0.75	0.46	0.28	0.75	0.48	0.30	0.78
Diabetes	0.58	0.50	0.68	0.75	0.63	0.90	0.77	0.64	0.93	0.82	0.69	0.99
Depression	0.66	0.59	0.73	0.73	0.65	0.83	0.74	0.66	0.84	0.81	0.71	0.91
Anxiety	0.66	0.59	0.74	0.81	0.70	0.93	0.86	0.70	0.93	0.84	0.74	0.98
High blood pressure	0.70	0.64	0.77	0.84	0.76	0.93	0.86	0.78	0.94	0.89	0.80	0.98
Back pain	0.72	0.67	0.80	0.77	0.69	0.85	0.78	0.71	0.86	NS	NS	NS
Arthritis	0.73	0.68	0.79	0.82	0.75	0.90	0.83	0.76	0.91	NS	NS	NS
Cancer	0.75	0.63	0.89	0.78	0.64	0.96	0.78	0.64	0.95	NS	NS	NS
Bronchitis	0.78	0.68	0.90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Osteoporosis	0.72	0.62	0.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Asthma	0.82	0.73	0.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Heart	0.70	0.58	0.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chronic fatigue syndrome	0.69	0.51	0.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stroke	0.62	0.41	0.94				-	-	-	-	-	-
Lifestyle factors										-	-	-
Obesity (BMI ≥30)	0.73	0.67	0.80	-	-	-	0.85	0.77	0.94	NS	NS	NS
Current Smoker	0.89	0.79	1.009	-	-	-	0.86	0.75	0.99	NS	NS	NS
SF-36 components
Physical health PCS (10 point increase)	1.42	1.37	1.48	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.35	1.29	1.42
Mental health MCS (10 point increase)	1.09	1.06	1.14	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.09	1.05	1.14

^{^a}

Adjusted for time, education, area of residence, marital status, living with someone the woman cares for, and area of disadvantage.

^{^b}

Some missing data: 782 for all health problems, except back pain (missing=3,217); obesity (missing=2,035); smoking (missing=452); physical component score (PCS) (missing=1,587), and mental component score (MCS) (missing=1587).

^{^c}

Generalized estimating equations (GEE) fit criteria final models: Quasi-likelihood Information Criteria (QIC) model 1: 30003.5711; QIC model 2: 29972.6777; QIC model 3: 29465.8106.

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; NS, not significant; SF-36, Short-Form 36 Quality of Life questionnaire.