Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted Poisson regression of factors associated with employment in individuals with schizophrenia

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	Relative risk (95% CI)	P	Relative risk (95% CI)	P
Rural v. urban residence	3.52 (2.50–4.97)	<0.001	3.27 (2.11–5.07)	<0.001
Female v. male gender			0.94 (0.86–1.03)	0.1637
Age			0.99 (0.99–1.00)	0.0953
Global Assessment of Functioning			1.00 (0.99–1.00)	0.8289
Province
Shandong			–	–
Gansu			1.01 (0.90–1.13)	0.8992
Qinghai			1.12 (0.97–1.30)	0.1305
Zhejiang			0.95 (0.74–1.21)	0.6779
Insurance status
Self-pay			–	–
Cooperative medical service			0.95 (0.83–1.08)	0.4341
Free medicare			0.79 (0.47–1.34)	0.3891
Medical insurance			0.99 (0.51–1.92)	0.9742
Treatment status
No treatment			–	–
Out-patient treatment			0.92 (0.84–1.01)	0.0843
In-patient admission			0.94 (0.84–1.06)	0.3219
Duration of illness			0.99 (0.99–0.99)	0.0243
Marital status
Unmarried			–	–
Married			1.11 (0.99–1.23)	0.0669