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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Aug 25;80:130–140. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.011

Table 3.

Bivariate Relationships between Baseline Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics and Employment Outcomes

Characteristic Any Employmenta Time-to-Employmentb Employment Ratec Max. Continuous Employmentd
OR(SE) X2,Coef (SE) Coef (SE) Coef. (SE)
Age .95* (.013) −.031* (.009) .002 (006) .913 (.706)
Education
< High School/GED Reference Reference Reference Reference
 High School/GED 2.06* (.617) .341* (.164) −.005 (.105) 13.45 (13.9
 Some College/ College Degree 1.60* (.428) .216 (.156) .026 (.100) 13.27 (13.3)
Race
 Caucasian Reference Reference Reference Reference
 African American .75 (.181) −.163 (.133) −.012 (.084) −2.77 (11.2)
 Other 4.4 (4.68) .578 (.333) .166 (.210) 43.5 (28.1)
Prior TANF Receipt
 Never Reference Reference Reference Reference
 1–2 Times .54 (.174) −.351* (.159) −.098 (.010) −13.6 (13.3)
 3–4 Times .45* (.182) −.523* (.220) −.179 (.139) −34.5 (18.4)
 < 4 Times .61 (.253) .437* (.215) −.144 (.138) −17.7 (18.2)
Depression (BDI-II) .99 (.010) −.007 (.005) −.003 (.004) −.513 (.468)
General Health (SF-12v2) 1.00 (.005) .002 (.003) .002 (.002) .112 (.258)
Functional Status (SF-12v2 Composite) 1.01* (.005) .006* (.003) .001 (0.002) .014 (.243)
Number of Chronic Health Conditions .96 (.051) −.005 (.031) .004 (.019) 3.93 (2.60)
Total Number of Symptoms .99 (.017) .003 (.009) .001 (.007) .483 (0.919)