Table 3.

Multivariate analyses: direct and indirect effects on prospective physical health status (extended version of Table 1).

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	1.8***	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**	− 1.1*	− 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***
Indirect effects
Via level of psychosocial work demandsa
Unskilled or semiskilled activities	0.12*	0.03	0.11
Complex specialist activities	− 0.04	− 0.06	− 0.07
Highly complex activities	− 0.05	− 0.06	− 0.09
Via level of physical work demandsa
Unskilled or semiskilled activities	− 0.45***	− 0.16	− 0.68***
Complex specialist activities	0.33***	0.45**	0.16*
Highly complex activities	0.49***	0.59*	0.36**
Coefficient of determination (R2)	0.5	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

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

^aReference category: specialist activities

^bReference category: no high level in both waves