Table 4.

Univariate associations for independent variables at 18 months (T2) and work participation at 27 months (T3) in a cohort of unemployed and temporary agency workers (n = 258)

Independent variables	OR	95% CI for OR	p
Demographic characteristics
Female sex versus male	1.8	0.98–3.37	0.05*
Age < 45 year versus ≥45 yr	3.7	1.97–6.98	<0.01*
Married/living with a partner versus single/widowed/divorced	0.5	0.46–1.52	0.55
Native versus non-native ethnicity	1.2	0.59–2.46	0.61
High education versus low education	1.9	1.02–3.52	0.04*
Health characteristics
Perceived moderate-to-good health versus poor health	2.7	1.30–5.75	<0.01*
Sick-listed with mental distress/burn-out versus other psychological complaints	0.9	0.43–1.68	0.65
Work-related factors
Temporary agency/fixed-term contract worker versus unemployed worker	2.6	1.39–4.78	<0.01*
RTW interventions versus no RTW intervention	2.1	1.06–4.02	0.03*
Perceived RTW interventions by SSA, Scores 6–10 vs. Scores 0–5	1.0	0.54–1.77	0.93
Work status 18 months after reporting sick, RTW (partial or full) vs. no RTW	16.5	7.60–35.87	<0.01*
RTW expectations
Positive expectation of a full RTW versus negative expectation	3.0	1.57–5.75	<0.01*

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

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