Table 2.
Associations between social precarity and the EPRES-Se score quartiles.
| Precarious employment (EPRES-Se score quartiles*) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Low precariousness (Q1: 0.09-1.54) | Medium-low precariousness (Q2: 1.55-1.90) | Medium-high precariousness (Q3: 1.91-2.25) | High precariousness (Q4: 2.26-3.07) | |||
| Social precarity related to working life | Being locked-in a job | n(%) | 56 (13.9%) | 3 (3.1%) | 10 (10.3%) | 16 (15.1%) | 27 (27%) |
| PR (CI95%) | – | 0.11 (0.03,0.36) | 0.38 (0.19,0.75) | 0.56 (0.32,0.97) | ref | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | 0.08 (0.03,0.27) | 0.37 (0.18,0.72) | 0.51 (0.29,0.90) | ref | ||
| Being locked-in an occupation | n (%) | 291 (73.1%) | 58 (59.8%) | 67 (69.8%) | 82 (78.1%) | 84 (84%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.17 (0.95,1.44) | 1.31 (1.08,1.58) | 1.40 (1.17,1.69) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.14 (0.92,1.41) | 1.25 (1.03,1.52) | 1.33 (1.10,1.61) | ||
| Would rather have permanent employment | n (%) | 370 (93.7%) | 86 (90.5%) | 85 (87.6%) | 102 (98.1%) | 97 (97.9%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 0.97 (0.88,1.07) | 1.08 (1.01,1.16) | 1.08 (1.01,1.16) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 0.97 (0.87,1.08) | 1.09 (1.01,1.19) | 1.10 (1.01,1.19) | ||
| Difficult to piece several jobs together | n (%) | 309 (77.2%) | 67 (68.4%) | 69 (71.1%) | 84(80%) | 89(89%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.04 (0.86,1.25) | 1.17 (0.99,1.38) | 1.30 (1.12,1.51) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.02 (0.85,1.23) | 1.15 (0.97,1.36) | 1.30 (1.12,1.51) | ||
| Social precarity related to living conditions | Restraint in social activities | ||||||
| Cannot participate in social activities because of work | n (%) | 348 (87%) | 69 (70.4%) | 82 (84.5%) | 100 (95.2%) | 97 (97%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.21 (1.04,1.40) | 1.27 (1.10,1.46) | 1.30 (1.13,1.49) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.20 (1.03,1.39) | 1.25 (1.09,1.44) | 1.36 (1.19,1.56) | ||
| Avoids talking about work situation in social contexts | n(%) | 270 (67.5%) | 54 (55.1%) | 56 (57.7%) | 78 (74.2%) | 82 (82%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.04 (0.86,1.25) | 1.17 (0.99,1.38) | 1.30 (1.12,1.51) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.03 (0.81,1.31) | 1.25 (1.02, 1.55) | 1.34 (1.09,1.65) | ||
| Financial constraints* | |||||||
| Difficulties in managing regular expenses | n (%) | 151 (37.7%) | 28 (27.7%) | 27 (27.3%) | 44 (43.6%) | 52 (52%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 0.98 (0.63,1.54) | 1.57 (1.07,2.31) | 1.87 (1.30,2.71) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.07 (0.68,1.68) | 1.72 (1.18,2.50) | 2.26 (1.55,3.30) | ||
| Inability to afford social activities | n(%) | 334 (83.5%) | 70 (69.3%) | 83 (83.8%) | 92 (91.1%) | 89 (89.9%) | |
| PR (CI95%) | – | ref | 1.21 (1.03,1.41) | 1.31(1.14,1.52) | 1.30 (1.12,1.50) | ||
| aPR (CI95%) | ref | 1.21 (1.04,1.42) | 1.31(1.13,1.51) | 1.27 (1.09,1.48) | |||
Abbreviations: PR, prevalence ratio; aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio; CI95, 95% confidence interval; ref, reference value 1.