Table 4. Associations between number of frailty symptoms and employment outcomes and perceptions, by social class.

	Frail vs. not (≥3 vs. 0 symptoms)
	Higher managerial		Intermediate occupations		Routine and manual occupations
Outcomes	OR	(95% CI)	OR	(95% CI)	OR	(95% CI)	P-value for interaction
Entire Sample (n =8,095)
Not in work vs. in work	7.8	(4.3,14.2)	5.2	(3.0,9.0)	15.9	(10.2,24.8)	<0.001
Left for a health reason vs. not	29.4	(17.5,49.3)	26.1	(15.2,44.8)	27.4	(18.3,41.1)	0.14
Those in work (maximum n=5,486)
Sick leave, days past 12 months :
Any vs. none	2.3	(0.9,5.8)	2.9	(1.2,6.7)	5.1	(2.2,12.0)	0.52
>20 days vs. ≤20 days	13.3	(5.1,34.8)	5.1	(2.0,13.3)	15.6	(7.1,34.1)	0.44
Cut down on work, past 12 months:
Any vs. none	12.2	(4.4,33.9)	6.0	(2.7,13.4)	14.4	(5.8,35.7)	0.48
A lot vs. not a lot (none/a little)	21.7	(8.4,56.2)	13.2	(5.5,31.6)	23.1	(10.1,52.7)	0.92
Coping with work’s physical demands (vs. easily):
With some/great difficulty	17.8	(5.8,54.6)	7.8	(3.3,18.4)	31.9	(7.5,134.6)	0.07
Coping with work’s mental demands (vs. easily):
With some/great difficulty	3.5	(1.4,8.9)	2.7	(1.2,6.1)	10.1	(4.4,23.0)	0.01
Expecting to be able to cope in 2 years’ time (vs. yes):
No/not sure	10.9	(3.8,31.2)	9.9	(4.2,23.6)	30.1	(9.0,100.2)	0.38
Lying awake at night worrying about work (vs. sometimes/rarely/never):
Often	6.7	(2.7,16.7)	4.1	(1.7,10.2)	8.9	(4.1,19.7)	0.24
Job security (vs. secure/very secure):
Insecure/very insecure	3.3	(1.3,8.4)	2.9	(1.3,6.6)	3.3	(1.6,7.2)	0.90

Odds ratios (OR) are adjusted for age and gender