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. 2016 Aug 4;58(5):460–469. doi: 10.1539/joh.16-0129-OA

Table 3.

Main effects and interaction effect of job insecurity and workplace social capital and simple main effect of job insecurity according to the levels of workplace social capital on psychological distress among Japanese permanent male employees: multiple logistic regression analysis (2,145 men)

Main effects and interaction effect (job insecurity and workplace social capital) n Number of cases (%) Prevalence odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Model 1 Model 2§ Model 3 Model 4||
Psychological distress was defined as having a total score of the K6 scale ≥ 5. Crude (i.e., without any adjustment). §Adjusted for age, education, and family size. Additionally adjusted for occupation and work shift. ||Additionally adjusted for quantitative workload and interaction effect of quantitative workload × workplace social capital. Additionally adjusted for quantitative workload.
Main effect
Job insecurity
High (8-17) 442 318 (71.9) 3.11 (2.42-3.99) 3.09 (2.40-3.97) 3.10 (2.41-4.00) 2.94 (2.27-3.80)
Moderate (6-7) 816 457 (56.0) 1.56 (1.28-1.89) 1.53 (1.26-1.87) 1.54 (1.26-1.88) 1.49 (1.22-1.83)
Low (4-5) 887 380 (42.8) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
p for linear trend p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
Workplace social capital
High (9-12) 1,214 564 (46.5) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Low (3-8) 931 591 (63.5) 1.80 (1.50-2.16) 1.76 (1.47-2.11) 1.74 (1.45-2.09) 1.84 (1.32-2.55)
Interaction effect
Job insecurity × workplace social capital (p for interaction) p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
Simple main effect (job insecurity) n Number of cases (%) Prevalence odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Model 1 Model 2§ Model 3 Model 4
High workplace social capital group (9-12)
Job insecurity
High (8-17) 207 133 (64.3) 2.53 (1.82-3.50) 2.50 (1.79-3.47) 2.55 (1.82-3.56) 2.44 (1.73-3.42)
Moderate (6-7) 413 184 (44.6) 1.13 (0.88-1.46) 1.08 (0.84-1.40) 1.11 (0.85-1.43) 1.06 (0.82-1.38)
Low (4-5) 594 247 (41.6) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
p for linear trend p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001
Low workplace social capital group (3-8)
Job insecurity
High (8-17) 235 185 (78.7) 4.45 (3.02-6.56) 4.50 (3.04-6.66) 4.47 (3.02-6.63) 4.20 (2.82-6.25)
Moderate (6-7) 403 273 (67.7) 2.53 (1.85-3.45) 2.52 (1.84-3.45) 2.51 (1.83-3.44) 2.45 (1.78-3.37)
Low (4-5) 293 133 (45.4) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
p for linear trend p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001 p<0.001