Table 1.

Multivariate analyses: direct effects on prospective physical health status.

Source: lidA waves 1 and 2, own calculations

	Dependent variable: physical health score in wave 2
	Whole sample	Men	Women
Direct effects
Job requirement levela
Unskilled or semiskilled activities	− 1.33*	− 1.95	− 1.02
Complex specialist activities	0.96**	1.14*	0.79
Highly complex activities	1.80***	1.79***	1.86***
Level of psychosocial work demandsb
High level only in wave 1	− 0.06	− 0.68	0.59
High level only in wave 2	− 1.82***	− 1.77*	− 1.76**
High level in both waves	− 1.24**	− 1.10*	− 1.26*
Level of physical work demandsb
High level only in wave 1	− 0.02	− 0.24	0.14
High level only in wave 2	− 0.97	− 1.25	− 0.75
High level in both waves	− 1.54***	− 1.23**	− 1.83***
High overcommitment	− 0.14	0.41	− 0.59
Year of birth: 1959	− 0.94***	− 1.14**	− 0.74*
Working full time	− 0.49	0.39	− 0.82*
Physical health score in wave 1	0.53***	0.54***	0.52***
Coefficient of determination (R2)	0.50	0.52	0.52
Standardized root mean squared residual (SRMSR)	0.04	0.04	0.04
N	3644	1666	1978

The analyses are based on multiple linear regression analyses. The table shows unstandardized regression coefficients. The total indirect effects are not shown in this table. The detailed table of results with direct and indirect effects can be found in the Appendix (Table 3)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

^aReference category: specialist activities

^bReference category: no high level in both waves