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. 2022 Sep 2;58(2):249–266. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02357-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 4038 participants included at baseline and according to the employment status over a 3 years of follow-up

Total Included participants Studentc Other Missingd
Total Employeda Unemployedb
Categorical variables 4038 (100)
N (%)
1427 (100)
N (%)
1242 (87.0)
N (%)
185 (13.0)
N (%)
1376 (34.1)
N (%)
70 (1.7)
N (%)
1165 (28.9)
N (%)
Tobacco use
 Non-smoker 2964 (66.7) 964 (67.5) 850 (68.4) 113 (61.1) 991 (72.0) 42 (60.0) 698 (59.9)
 Former smoker 391 (9.7) 138 (9.7) 118 (9.5) 20 (10.8) 131 (9.5) 9 (12.9) 113 (9.7)
 Current light smoker 643 (15.9) 212 (14.8) 176 (14.2) 36 (19.4) 191 (13.9) 14 (20.0) 226 (19.4)
 Current moderate Smoker 273 (6.7) 103 (7.2) 91 (7.3) 12 (6.5) 53 (3.9) 5 (7.1) 112 (9.6)
 Current heavy smoker 37 (1) 11 (0.8) 7 (0.6) 4 (2.2) 10 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 16 (1.4)
Cannabis consumption
 Never used 1889 (46.8) 686 (48.1) 606 (48.8) 80 (43.2) 687 (49.9) 25 (35.7) 491 (42.2)
 No consumption during the last 12 months 801 (19.8) 310 (21.7) 274 (22.0) 36 (19.5) 242 (17.6) 17 (24.3) 232 (19.9)
 At least once during the last 12 months but less than once a month 574 (14.2) 186 (13.0) 162 (13.0) 24 (13.0) 223 (16.2) 10 (14.3) 155 (13.3)
 At least once a month but less than once per week 332 (8.2) 115 (8.1) 100 (8.1) 15 (8.1) 104 (7.6) 8 (11.4) 105 (9.0)
 Once per week or more 442 (11.0) 130 (9.1) 100 (8.1) 30 (16.2) 120 (8.7) 10 (14.3) 182 (15.6)
AUDIT Scoree
 0 274 (6.8) 70 (4.9) 55 (4.4) 15 (8.1) 78 (5.7) 3 (4.3) 123 (10.6)
 1–7 2623 (64.9) 983 (69.0) 871 (70.1) 112 (60.5) 920 (66.9) 41 (58.6) 678 (58.2)
  > 7 1141 (28.3) 373 (26.1) 316 (25.5) 58 (31.4) 378 (27.4) 26 (37.1) 364 (31.2)
Alcohol frequency of usef
 [0–2] 1329 (32.9) 464 (32.5) 400 (32.2) 64 (34.6) 468 (34.0) 20 (28.5) 377 (32.4)
 [3–5] 1184 (29.3) 535 (37.5) 474 (38.2) 61 (33.0) 511 (37.1) 22 (31.5) 422 (36.2)
 [6 +] 916 (22.7) 428 (30.0) 368 (29.6) 60 (32.4) 397 (28.9) 28 (40.0) 366 (31.4)
Alcohol dependenceg
 0 1938 (48.0) 703 (49.3) 618 (49.8) 85 (46.0) 672 (48.8) 28 (40.0) 535 (45.9)
 [1, 2] 1184 (29.3) 435 (30.5) 380 (30.6) 55 (29.7) 398 (28.9) 24 (34.3) 327 (28.1)
 [3 +] 916 (22.7) 289 (20.2) 244 (19.6) 45 (24.3) 306 (22.2) 18 (25.7) 303 (26.0)
Gender
 Men 1481 (36.7) 455 (31.9) 396 (31.9) 59 (31.9) 514 (37.4) 31 (44.3) 481 (41.5)
 Women 2557 (63.3) 972 (68.1) 846 (68.1) 126 (68.1) 862 (62.6) 39 (55.7) 684 (58.7)
Educationh
 Early childhood or primary 21 (0.5) 5 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 7 (0.5) 2 (2.9) 7 (0.6)
 Lower secondary 130 (3.2) 29 (2.0) 17 (1.4) 12 (6.5) 52 (3.8) 1 (1.4) 48 (4.1)
 Upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary 2235 (55.3) 652 (45.7) 562 (45.2) 90 (48.5) 929 (67.5) 37 (52.9) 617 (53.0)
 Short-cycle tertiary or bachelor’s 1246 (30.9) 535 (37.5) 469 (37.8) 66 (35.7) 335 (24.3) 20 (28.5) 356 (30.6)
 Master’s or doctoral 406 (10.1) 206 (14.5) 190 (15.3) 16 (8.6) 53 (3.9) 10 (14.3) 137 (11.7)
Living place
 With parents 2116 (52.4) 718 (50.3) 615 (49.5) 103 (55.7) 820 (59.6) 31 (44.3) 547 (47.0)
 Others 1922 (47.6) 709 (49.7) 627 (50.5) 82 (44.3) 556 (40.4) 39 (55.7) 618 (53.0)
Depressive statei
 No 3217 (79.7) 1174 (82.3) 1051 (84.6) 123 (66.5) 1123 (81.6) 51 (72.9) 869 (74.6)
 Yes 821 (20.3) 253 (17.7) 191 (15.4) 62 (33.5) 253 (18.4) 19 (27.1) 296 (25.4)
Continuous variables Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Age (years) 21.4 (2.4) 21.9 (2.3) 22.0 (2.4) 21.8 (2.3) 20.5 (1.8) 21.5 (2.4) 21.7 (2.4)
Area deprivation indexj − 0.9 (1.7) − 0.9 (1.7) − 0.9 (1.7) − 0.8 (1.5) − 0.9 (1.7) 0.7 (1.6) − 0.8 (1.7)

aParticipants who replied “employed” at least once over the 3 years of follow-up

bParticipants who replied at least once “unemployed job seeking” over the 3 years of follow-up and never “employed”

cParticipants who only replied “student” over the 3 years of follow-up

dParticipants who never reported their employment status over the 3 years of follow-up

eAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test to evaluate alcohol use

fAUDIT sub-score for frequency of use by adding the scores of the first 3 items

gAUDIT sub-score for alcohol dependence by adding the score of items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

hBased on the International Standard Classification of Education

iMeasured using the Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD) and a score ≥ 19

jRepresenting spatial socioeconomic disparities