Table 2. Characteristics of case matched samples of men and women in terms of covariates predicting unemployment in 2001 and standardised differences between 2001 unemployed and in work groups.
| Covariates | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed | In work | Stan. Diff | Unemployed | In Work | Stan. Diff | |
| Health Variables (from SMR and 1991 census) | ||||||
| Self-reported limiting long-term illness (in 1991) % | ||||||
| No | 96.8 | 97.3 | −0.030 | 95.9 | 96.8 | −0.048 |
| Yes | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.030 | 4.1 | 3.2 | −0.048 |
| % of individuals with at least one hospital admission (from SMR) for activity limiting or disabling conditions in following disease categories during period 1980 up to 2001 or the year last worked | ||||||
| 2 Neoplasms | 4.4 | 3.7 | 0.036 | 18.5 | 19.7 | −0.031 |
| 3 Blood and immune mechanism | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | <1 | <1 | <0.1 |
| 4 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | <1 | <1 | <0.1 |
| 5 Mental and behavioural | 5.9 | 4.7 | 0.054 | 4.8 | 5.5 | −0.032 |
| 6 Nervous system | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.043 | 1.4 | <1 | <0.1 |
| 7 Eye and adnexa | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | Not in model | ||
| 9 Circulatory system | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.000 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.018 |
| 10 Respiratory system | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.043 |
| 11 Digestive system | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | <1 | <1 | <0.1 |
| 14 Genitourinary system | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | Not in model | ||
| 17 Congenital conditions | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | <1 | <1 | <0.1 |
| 20 External causes of morbidity and mortality | 15.4 | 14.8 | 0.017 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 0.060 |
| Socio-demographic variables (from 1991 census) | ||||||
| Housing Tenure (in 1991) % | ||||||
| Owner occupied | 53.7 | 52.7 | 0.020 | 59.5 | 58.8 | 0.014 |
| Privately Rented | 6.3 | 4.5 | 0.080 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 0.037 |
| Social Housing | 39.6 | 42.9 | −0.067 | 33.6 | 35.2 | −0.034 |
| Communal Establishment | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | Not in model | ||
| Educational Attainment (in 1991) % | ||||||
| None | 86.3 | 87.8 | −0.045 | 81.9 | 83.3 | −0.037 |
| Other higher qualifications (non-degree) | 7.6 | 7.3 | 0.011 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 0.048 |
| First degree and higher degree | 4.4 | 3.6 | 0.041 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.000 |
| Not stated | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.033 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 0.000 |
| Mean age (in 1991) | 39.1 | 39.1 | 0.02 | 36.8 | 37.0 | 0.102 |
| Marital status (in 1991) % | ||||||
| Married (first marriage) | 60.8 | 62.5 | −0.035 | 57.2 | 59.5 | −0.047 |
| Single | 23.6 | 22.7 | 0.021 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 0.000 |
| Remarried | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.000 | 7.3 | 7.8 | −0.019 |
| Divorced | 6.9 | 5.8 | 0.045 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 0.075 |
| Widowed | <1 | 1.1 | <0.1 | 1.1 | <1 | <0.1 |
| Deprivation quintiles (in 1991) % | ||||||
| Least deprived Quintile | 16.0 | 15.4 | 0.016 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 0.060 |
| 2nd | 22.2 | 22.0 | 0.005 | 30.4 | 31.1 | −0.015 |
| 3rd | 20.7 | 19.8 | 0.022 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 0.005 |
| 4th | 22.9 | 22.7 | 0.005 | 19.2 | 19.5 | −0.008 |
| Most Deprived Quintile | 18.2 | 20.1 | −0.048 | 14.0 | 15.3 | −0.037 |
| Social Class (in 1991) % | ||||||
| Professional Occupations | 3.8 | 3.2 | 0.033 | 1.4 | 1.8 | −0.032 |
| Managerial and Technical Occupations | 22.7 | 23.2 | −0.012 | 24.3 | 23.3 | 0.023 |
| Skilled Non-manual Occupations | 9.1 | 8.7 | 0.014 | 35.2 | 36.6 | −0.029 |
| Skilled Manual Occupations | 36.7 | 36.7 | 0.000 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 0.025 |
| Partly Skilled Occupations | 20.9 | 21.7 | −0.020 | 21.5 | 22.9 | −0.034 |
| Unskilled Occupations | 6.0 | 6.1 | −0/004 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 0.060 |
| Armed Forces | <1 | <1 | <0.1 | Not in model | ||
To avoid low numbers, cells with very low proportions are rounded up to one.
Source: Scottish Longitudinal Study