Table 2.
Ordinal regression of health in the first month after returning to work
| Variable | Model 2∗ (N = 237) |
Model 3 (N = 236) |
Model 4 (N = 236) |
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| B | SE | OR | 95% CI | B | SE | OR | 95% CI | B | SE | OR | 95% CI | |
| Demographics | ||||||||||||
| Age | .012 | .030 | 1.012 | .954- 1.073 | .013 | .030 | 1.013 | .955-1.075 | .023 | .031 | 1.024 | .964-1.088 |
| Race (white) Ref = other |
-.072 | .367 | .931 | .454–1.909 | .017 | .382 | 1.017 | .481-2.150 | .083 | .387 | 1.086 | .509-2.319 |
| Marital status (married) Ref = other |
.340 | .459 | 1.405 | .572-3.453 | .455 | .468 | 1.577 | .631-3.943 | .394 | .496 | 1.483 | .561-3.923 |
| Income | ||||||||||||
| Ref = less than $50,000 | ||||||||||||
| $50,000 to $74,999 | -.150 | .4677 | .861 | .344-2.153 | -.186 | .482 | .830 | .323-2.134 | -.114 | .486 | .892 | .344-2.312 |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | .007 | .4124 | 1.007 | .449-2.259 | .177 | .423 | 1.193 | .521-2.736 | .188 | .426 | 1.207 | .523-2.784 |
| $100,000 or more | .044 | .412 | 1.045 | .466-2.344 | .106 | .422 | 1.111 | .486-2.539 | .174 | .427 | 1.190 | .516-2.746 |
| Education (less than/bach.) Ref = Master's/prof./doc. |
-.201 | .321 | .818 | .436-1.534 | -.342 | .329 | .710 | .372-1.355 | -.429 | .333 | .651 | .339-1.249 |
| Mental health (month 1) | ||||||||||||
| Ref = “not at all” | ||||||||||||
| Depression “nearly every day” |
-2.597 | .791 | .074 | .016-.351 | -2.394** | .802 | .091 | .019- .439 |
-2.343** | .825 | .096 | .019- .483 |
| Depression “more than half the days” |
-1.769** | .511 | .171 | .063-.464 | -1.705** | .529 | .182 | .064- .512 |
-1.760** | .534 | .172 | .060- .490 |
| Depression “several days” | -1.152*** | .308 | .316 | .173-.578 | -1.203*** | .314 | .300 | .162- .556 |
-1.155*** | .317 | .315 | .169- .587 |
| Anxiety “nearly every day” | -1.455* | .680 | .233 | .062-.886 | -1.781* | .687 | .169 | .044- .648 |
-1.811** | .693 | .164 | .042- .635 |
| Anxiety “more than half the days” |
-1.551** | .5080 | .212 | .078-.574 | -1.732** | .524 | .177 | .063- .494 |
-1.664** | .529 | .189 | .067- .534 |
| Anxiety “several days” | -.762* | .309 | .467 | .255-.854 | -.795* | .315 | .451 | .243- .837 |
-.783* | .317 | .457 | .246- .850 |
| Duration maternity leave | ||||||||||||
| Ref = 6 weeks or less | ||||||||||||
| 7 to 9 weeks | -.023 | .432 | .977 | .419-2.276 | -.051 | .434 | .950 | .406-2.225 | ||||
| 10 to 12 weeks | .302 | .310 | 1.352 | .736-2.483 | .291 | .315 | 1.337 | .722-2.477 | ||||
| 13 to 16 weeks | .610 | .566 | 1.840 | .606-5.581 | .537 | .571 | 1.711 | .559-5.243 | ||||
| 17 weeks or more | 2.668*** | .551 | 14.418 | 4.896-42.460 | 2.678*** | .552 | 14.552 | 4.934-42.918 | ||||
| Pregnancy/childbirth comp. | ||||||||||||
| Pregnancy mental health complications |
.139 | .452 | 1.150 | .474-2.790 | ||||||||
| Pregnancy physical complications | -.617* | .281 | .540 | .311- .935 |
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| Childbirth complications | .094 | .264 | 1.099 | .655-1.843 | ||||||||
| Model fit statistics | ||||||||||||
| -2 Log Likelihood (-2LL) | 540.786*** | 537.783*** | 544.202*** | |||||||||
| Nagelkerke Pseudo R Square | .314 | .389 | .403 | |||||||||
*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.
B, unstandardized beta; SE, standard error; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
∗
Model 1 results not shown; available upon request.