Table 3.
Risk of not being currently employed associated with chronic conditions, adjusting for sociodemographic, health and lifestyle factors, from multivariate log-Poisson regressions*
| |
Overall |
Female |
Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
N = 71272 |
N = 37697 |
N = 33575 |
| PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | |
| Chronic condition |
|
|
|
| None |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Back problem and arthritis |
1.43 (1.30, 1.58)† |
1.31 (1.18, 1.46)† |
1.90 (1.58, 2.29)† |
| Back problem |
1.13 (1.04, 1.23)† |
1.05 (0.95, 1.16) |
1.35 (1.15, 1.58)† |
| Arthritis |
1.22 (1.11, 1.33)† |
1.22 (1.11, 1.34)† |
1.29 (1.08, 1.54)† |
| Other chronic condition(s) |
1.19 (1.11, 1.27)† |
1.09 (1.01, 1.17)† |
1.41 (1.22, 1.63)† |
| Sex |
|
|
|
| Male |
1.00 |
|
|
| Female |
2.28 (2.14, 2.43)† |
|
|
| Age |
|
|
|
| 25-34 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| 35-44 |
0.89 (0.80, 0.99)† |
0.86 (0.77, 0.95)† |
1.02 (0.77, 1.35) |
| 45-54 |
0.94 (0.84, 1.05) |
0.79 (0.70, 0.90)† |
1.69 (1.31, 2.19)† |
| 55-64 |
2.86 (2.60, 3.14)† |
2.19 (1.98, 2.42)† |
6.35 (5.10, 7.91)† |
| Education |
|
|
|
| < Secondary grad |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Secondary grad |
0.69 (0.64, 0.75)† |
0.68 (0.62, 0.74)† |
0.68 (0.56, 0.81)† |
| Some post-secondary |
0.64 (0.57, 0.72)† |
0.58 (0.50, 0.67)† |
0.78 (0.62, 0.98)† |
| Post-secondary |
0.48 (0.44, 0.52)† |
0.44 (0.40, 0.48)† |
0.58 (0.51, 0.67)† |
| BMI |
|
|
|
| Underweight/normal |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Overweight |
0.86 (0.81, 0.92)† |
0.89 (0.83, 0.96)† |
0.84 (0.75, 0.94)† |
| Obese |
0.96 (0.89, 1.03) |
0.95 (0.88, 1.04) |
1.04 (0.89, 1.21) |
| Smoking status |
|
|
|
| Never |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Current |
0.97 (0.90, 1.05) |
0.92 (0.84, 1.00) |
1.13 (0.95, 1.34) |
| Former |
0.97 (0.91, 1.04) |
0.95 (0.88, 1.02) |
1.02 (0.87, 1.20) |
| Alcohol consumption |
|
|
|
| Non-drinker |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Regular |
0.53 (0.49, 0.57)† |
0.53 (0.49, 0.58)† |
0.56 (0.48, 0.65)† |
| Occasional |
0.68 (0.63, 0.74)† |
0.69 (0.63, 0.75)† |
0.72 (0.59, 0.88)† |
| Physical activity |
|
|
|
| Active |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Moderately active |
0.86 (0.80, 0.92)† |
0.97 (0.90, 1.06) |
0.66 (0.58, 0.76)† |
| Inactive |
0.74 (0.69, 0.79)† |
0.84 (0.77, 0.91)† |
0.57 (0.50, 0.64)† |
| Living arrangement |
|
|
|
| Single, with/without others |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| With partner |
1.10 (1.02, 1.18)† |
1.33 (1.23, 1.45)† |
0.72 (0.65, 0.81)† |
| With children |
1.14 (1.05, 1.23)† |
1.53 (1.40, 1.67)† |
0.50 (0.42, 0.60)† |
| Other | 1.00 (0.88, 1.13) | 1.16 (1.01, 1.34)† | 0.79 (0.63, 1.00)† |
* Values shown are prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
† indicates statistical significance of p < 0.05.
N = Analytic sample. Variance estimations were derived using bootstrap weights provided by Statistics Canada to account for sampling design for the CCHS.