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Table 1 Distribution among women and men, % for dichotomous variables, median (iqr) for continuous variables in relation to peripheral employment score

From: Is the core-periphery labour market structure related to perceived health? findings of the Northern Swedish Cohort

Variable

Women

p-value

 

No exposure

Low exposure

Medium exposure

High exposure

 
 

n = 239

n = 81

n = 74

n = 79

 

Dependent variables age 42

     

   Poor or average self-rated health (%)

31.8

35.8

39.2

46.2

0.13

   Psychological distress (%)

20.6

33.3

32.9

39.2

0.004

Independent variables

     

   Poor or average self-rated health age 30 (%)

18.4

27.5

32.9

34.6

0.007

   Psychological distress age 30 (%)

13.8

25.9

33.8

31.6

< 0.001

Sociodemographics

    

0.008

   Blue-collar worker (%)

28.9

23.5

29.7

48.1

 

   Lower white-collar worker (%)

18.8

24.7

13.5

8.9

 

   Upper white-collar worker (%)

52.3

51.9

56.8

43.0

 

   Marital status single (%)

18.5

22.2

9.5

27.8

0.031

   Parental status no children (%)

14.3

9.9

9.5

8.9

0.43

Unemployment*

    

< 0.001

   Ever unemployed* (%)

10.0

35.8

33.8

46.8

 

   Time in unemployment, Md (iqr)*

2.00 (1.00-3.75)

2.00 (1.00-5.00)

3.00 (1.50-5.00)

3.00 (2.00-8.50)

 

Out of labour market*

    

< 0.001

   Ever out of labour market * (%)

13.8

45.7

44.6

50.6

 

   Time out of labour market Md (iqr)*

4.00 (2.50-7.50)

6.00 (4.00-11.00)

5.00 (3.00-10.50)

6.00 (4.00-10.75)

 

Variable

Men

p -value

 

No exposure n = 313

Low exposure n = 65

Medium exposure n = 74

High exposure n = 60

 

Dependent variables age 42

     

   Poor or average self-rated health (%)

30.7

35.4

37.0

45.0

0.169

   Psychological distress (%)

24.6

26.2

35.6

51.7

< 0.001

Independent variables

     

   Poor or average self-rated health age 30 (%)

18.1

22.2

31.5

26.7

0.061

   Psychological distress age 30 (%)

20.8

27.7

36.5

36.7

0.006

Sociodemographics

    

< 0.001

   Blue-collar worker (%)

40.2

28.1

23.0

56.7

 

   Lower white-collar worker (%)

11.3

10.9

2.7

11.7

 

   Upper white-collar worker (%)

48.6

60.9

74.3

31.7

 

   Marital status single (%)

21.8

27.7

18.9

45.0

0.001

   Parental status no children (%)

21.5

24.6

16.2

35.0

0.06

Unemployment*

    

< 0.001

   Ever unemployed* (%)

12.1

33.8

24.3

60.0

 

   Time in unemployment, Md (iqr)*

2.00 (1.00-5.50)

4.50 (2.00-8.25)

3.50 (2.00-5.25)

6.50 (3.00-11.25)

 

Out of labour market*

    

< 0.001

   Ever out of labour market * (%)

8.3

23.1

25.7

34.5

 

   Time out of labour market Md (iqr)*

5.00 (2.00-9.00)

7.00 (3.00-10.00)

7.00 (4.00-9.00)

5.00 (2.50-9.50)

 
  1. *P-values are from Kruskal-Wallis test with continuous time in unemployment/out of labour market by exposure to peripheral employment. Due to sample median = 0, descriptive statistics are reported as percentage ever unemployed/out of labour market, as well as median time in unemployment/out of labour market in the subsample with at least one spell of unemployment/being out of labour market