Table 2.

Weighted analyses of job satisfaction and depression in 1992 on failure to attain aspirations (NLSY)

	All		Men^g		Women^g

	Job Satisfaction	Odds ratio	Depression	IRR	Depression	IRR
Aspiration-Attainment match^a
Exceeded	−0.15 (0.11)	0.86	0.17 (0.08)	1.19	−0.02 (0.07)	0.98
Fell short	−0.26^* (0.10)	0.77	0.22^** (0.07)	1.25	−0.01 (0.07)	0.99
Did not know aspiration	−0.15 (0.14)	0.86	0.20^* (0.10)	1.22	−0.00 (0.09)	1.00
Occupational SEI score	0.01^*** (0.00)	1.01	−0.00 (0.00)	1.00	0.00 (0.00)	1.00
Logged income	0.01 (0.03)	1.01	−0.03 (0.02)	0.97	−0.01 (0.02)	0.99
Employment status^b
Unemployed	−0.36^* (0.15)	0.70	0.18^* (0.08)	1.20	0.30^*** (0.08)	1.35
Not in labor force	−0.32^* (0.14)	0.72	0.41^*** (0.11)	1.50	0.10 (0.07)	1.11
Years of schooling	0.01 (0.02)	1.01	−0.00 (0.01)	1.00	−0.03^* (0.01)	0.97
Marital status^c
Never married	−0.14^* (0.07)	0.87	0.23^*** (0.05)	1.26	0.16^** (0.05)	1.17
Separated/divorced/widowed	−0.16^* (0.08)	0.85	0.33^*** (0.06)	1.39	0.28^*** (0.05)	1.32
Number of children	0.05 (0.03)	1.05	0.06^*** (0.02)	1.06	−0.02 (0.02)	0.98
Female	0.04 (0.06)	1.04	---		---
Race/ethnicity^d
Black	−0.19^* (0.08)	0.83	0.05 (0.05)	1.06	−0.02 (0.05)	0.98
Latin	0.18^* (0.08)	1.20	0.04 (0.06)	1.04	−0.01 (0.06)	0.99
Other	0.01 (0.08)	1.01	−0.05 (0.05)	0.95	−0.01 (0.06)	0.99
Age	−0.01 (0.01)	0.99	0.00 (0.01)	1.00	0.02^* (0.01)	1.02
Two-parent family	0.02 (0.06)	1.02	−0.02 (0.04)	0.98	−0.08 (0.04)	0.92
Number of siblings	−0.01 (0.01)	0.99	−0.01 (0.01)	0.99	0.01 (0.01)	1.01
Parent in professional occupation	−0.03 (0.09)	0.97	−0.07 (0.06)	0.93	0.02 (0.07)	1.02
Parent’s education^e
Less than high school	−0.10 (0.07)	0.90	0.03 (0.05)	1.03	−0.01 (0.05)	0.99
Some college/technical school	−0.02 (0.09)	0.98	0.04 (0.06)	1.04	−0.04 (0.06)	0.96
Four years of college	−0.12 (0.09)	0.89	0.11 (0.07)	1.12	0.14^* (0.07)	1.15
AFQT score	−0.00^** (0.00)	1.00	−0.00^*** (0.00)	1.00	−0.00^*** (0.00)	1.00
1980 Self-esteem	0.04^*** (0.01)	1.04	−0.04^*** (0.00)	0.96	−0.04^*** (0.01)	0.97
1979 Job satisfaction^f
Like fairly well	−0.45^*** (0.08)	0.64	---		---
Dislike somewhat/very much	−0.71^*** (0.12)	0.49	---		---
Not working	−0.32^*** (0.08)	0.72	---		---
Constant	----		3.41^***		3.67^***

N	7,769		4,103		3,600

Cragg-Uhler R-squared	----		0.12		0.09
Log-likelihood	−7712.79		----

p < 0.05,

^**

p < 0.01,

^***

p < 0.001, Standard errors in parentheses

Reference category is “Matched aspiration and attainment”

Reference category is “Employed”

Reference category is “Married”

Reference category is “White”

Reference category is “Completed HS”

Reference category is “Like very much”

Significant differences between men and women in the fully interacted model (p<.05) are bolded for ease of interpretation.