Table 3.

Univariate associations for independent variables at 10 months (T1) and work participation at 18 months (T2) in a cohort of unemployed and temporary agency workers (n = 476)

Independent variables	OR	95% CI for OR	p
Demographic characteristics
Female sex versus male	1.5	1.00–2.37	<0.05*
Age < 45 year versus ≥45 yr	1.3	0.87–2.00	0.19*
Married/living with a partner versus single/widowed/divorced	1.0	0.63–1.46	0.83
Native versus non-native ethnicity	1.8	1.06–3.00	0.03*
High education versus low education	1.5	0.95–2.22	0.08*
Health characteristics
Perceived moderate-to-good health versus poor health	4.9	2.95–8.27	<0.01*
Sick-listed with mental distress/burn-out versus other psychological complaints	1.1	0.67–1.74	0.76
No health complaints before reporting sick versus health complaints	1.7	0.99–2.78	0.06*
Work-related factors
Temporary agency/fixed-term contract worker versus unemployed worker	1.6	1.04–2.42	0.03*
RTW interventions versus no RTW intervention	1.7	1.09–2.60	0.02*
Perceived RTW interventions by SSA, Scores 6–10 vs. Scores 0–5	1.1	0.73–1.68	0.63
RTW expectations
Positive expectation of a full RTW versus negative expectation	2.4	1.56–3.67	<0.01*

OR > 1 indicates a higher association with work participation (partial or full RTW or ability to work)

OR < 1 indicates a lower association with work participation

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

* Independent variables with associations for which p < 0.20 were selected for the multiple logistic regression analysis