Table 1.
Distribution among women and men, % for dichotomous variables, median (iqr) for continuous variables in relation to peripheral employment score
| Variable | Women | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No exposure | Low exposure | Medium exposure | High exposure | ||
| n = 239 | n = 81 | n = 74 | n = 79 | ||
| Dependent variables age 42 | |||||
| Poor or average self-rated health (%) | 31.8 | 35.8 | 39.2 | 46.2 | 0.13 |
| Psychological distress (%) | 20.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 39.2 | 0.004 |
| Independent variables | |||||
| Poor or average self-rated health age 30 (%) | 18.4 | 27.5 | 32.9 | 34.6 | 0.007 |
| Psychological distress age 30 (%) | 13.8 | 25.9 | 33.8 | 31.6 | < 0.001 |
| Sociodemographics | 0.008 | ||||
| Blue-collar worker (%) | 28.9 | 23.5 | 29.7 | 48.1 | |
| Lower white-collar worker (%) | 18.8 | 24.7 | 13.5 | 8.9 | |
| Upper white-collar worker (%) | 52.3 | 51.9 | 56.8 | 43.0 | |
| Marital status single (%) | 18.5 | 22.2 | 9.5 | 27.8 | 0.031 |
| Parental status no children (%) | 14.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 0.43 |
| Unemployment* | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever unemployed* (%) | 10.0 | 35.8 | 33.8 | 46.8 | |
| Time in unemployment, Md (iqr)* | 2.00 (1.00-3.75) | 2.00 (1.00-5.00) | 3.00 (1.50-5.00) | 3.00 (2.00-8.50) | |
| Out of labour market* | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever out of labour market * (%) | 13.8 | 45.7 | 44.6 | 50.6 | |
| Time out of labour market Md (iqr)* | 4.00 (2.50-7.50) | 6.00 (4.00-11.00) | 5.00 (3.00-10.50) | 6.00 (4.00-10.75) | |
| Variable | Men | p-value | |||
| No exposure n = 313 | Low exposure n = 65 | Medium exposure n = 74 | High exposure n = 60 | ||
| Dependent variables age 42 | |||||
| Poor or average self-rated health (%) | 30.7 | 35.4 | 37.0 | 45.0 | 0.169 |
| Psychological distress (%) | 24.6 | 26.2 | 35.6 | 51.7 | < 0.001 |
| Independent variables | |||||
| Poor or average self-rated health age 30 (%) | 18.1 | 22.2 | 31.5 | 26.7 | 0.061 |
| Psychological distress age 30 (%) | 20.8 | 27.7 | 36.5 | 36.7 | 0.006 |
| Sociodemographics | < 0.001 | ||||
| Blue-collar worker (%) | 40.2 | 28.1 | 23.0 | 56.7 | |
| Lower white-collar worker (%) | 11.3 | 10.9 | 2.7 | 11.7 | |
| Upper white-collar worker (%) | 48.6 | 60.9 | 74.3 | 31.7 | |
| Marital status single (%) | 21.8 | 27.7 | 18.9 | 45.0 | 0.001 |
| Parental status no children (%) | 21.5 | 24.6 | 16.2 | 35.0 | 0.06 |
| Unemployment* | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever unemployed* (%) | 12.1 | 33.8 | 24.3 | 60.0 | |
| Time in unemployment, Md (iqr)* | 2.00 (1.00-5.50) | 4.50 (2.00-8.25) | 3.50 (2.00-5.25) | 6.50 (3.00-11.25) | |
| Out of labour market* | < 0.001 | ||||
| Ever out of labour market * (%) | 8.3 | 23.1 | 25.7 | 34.5 | |
| Time out of labour market Md (iqr)* | 5.00 (2.00-9.00) | 7.00 (3.00-10.00) | 7.00 (4.00-9.00) | 5.00 (2.50-9.50) | |
*P-values are from Kruskal-Wallis test with continuous time in unemployment/out of labour market by exposure to peripheral employment. Due to sample median = 0, descriptive statistics are reported as percentage ever unemployed/out of labour market, as well as median time in unemployment/out of labour market in the subsample with at least one spell of unemployment/being out of labour market