Table 3.

Prospective effect of obtaining a competitive job on subsequent QoL, controlling for temporal stability and baseline QoL.

QoL dimension	Predictor		QoL t4 through t6
			B (95% CI)	P
Physical health	Competitive job	Yes No	0.39 (0.15; 0.63) Reference	0.002
	Time point	T6 T5 T4	−0.02 (-0.14; 0.10) 0.02 (-0.09; 0.13) Reference	0.746 0.727
	Physical health at baseline		0.48 (0.32; 0.64)	<0.001
Psychological	Competitive job	Yes No	0.40 (0.17; 0.62) Reference	<0.001
	Time point	T6 T5 T4	(−0.11; 0.12) (−0.11; 0.11) Reference	0.933 0.962
	Psychological at baseline		0.70 (0.57; 0.83)	<0.001
Social relationships	Competitive job	Yes No	0.23 (−0.02; 0.48) Reference	0.067
	Time point	T6 T5 T4	−0.10 (−0.27; 0.07) 0.05 (−0.09; 0.19) Reference	0.253 0.485
	Physical health at baseline		0.47 (0.29; 0.65)	<0.001
Environment	Competitive job	Yes No	0.15 (−0.01; 0.31) Reference	0.060
	Time point	T6 T5 T4	0.09 (−0.01; 0.20) 0.09 (−0.01; 0.18) Reference	0.089 0.064
	Physical health at baseline		0.42 (0.23; 0.61)	<0.001