Health-related and social factors predicting non-reemployment amongst newly unemployed

Table 3 Distribution of participants by sociodemographic factors, social and economic situation, and health

		Frequency	Percentage			Frequency	Percentage
Reemployment ^a	Reemployed	81	16.1%	Worried over economy	No	100	20.6%
	Not reemployed	421	83.9%		Yes	386	79.4%
Age	17-25	178	35.5%	Significance of work	Not important	96	20.1%
	26-45	231	46.0%		Important	381	79.9%
	46-64	93	18.5%	previously unemployment	No	284	56.6%
Sex	Female	233	46.4%		Yes	218	43.4%
	Male	269	53.6%	Longstanding illness	No	376	77.8%
Place of birth	Sweden	392	79.5%		Yes	107	22.2%
	Abroad	101	20.5%	Visit to a physician	No	239	50.4%
Education	University	124	25.3%		Yes	235	49.6%
	Secondary school	227	46.2%	Self-rated health	Good	411	84.0%
	Lower secondary school	87	17.7%		Bad	78	16.0%
	Other	53	10.8%	PSC ^d	Better functioning	335	74.8%
Civil status	Single	231	47.0%		Worse functioning	113	25.2%
	Married/Cohabiting	261	53.0%	GHQ-12 ^e	No mental distress	233	49.4%
Place of residence ^b	Mayor city	150	29.9%		Mental distress	239	50.6%
	Other cities	147	29.3%	MSC ^f	Better functioning	237	52.9%
	Smaller cities and rural districts	205	40.8%		Worse functioning	211	47.1%
Social network size ^c	Low	100	20.6%	Depression	No depression	452	91.7%
	High	386	79.4%		Depression	41	8.3%
Emotional support	Low	120	24.8%	CES-D ^g	Low degree of dep.	356	76.9%
	High	363	75.2%		High degree of dep.	107	23.1%
Monthly saving	Yes	205	42.9%	Burnout ^h	Low burnout	337	75.4%
	No	273	57.1%		High burnout	110	24.6%
Manage sudden expend
	Yes	305	63.5%	Risky alcohol use ⁱ	No risky alcohol use	343	75.4%
	No	175	36.5%		Risky alcohol use	112	24.6%
Difficulties with current expenditures	No	273	56.4%
	Yes	211	43.6%

^a = Had been employed at least three months and had employment as last registration.
^b = Mayor city = district with > 200,000 inhabitants plus suburban districts adjacent to these districts. Other city = district with 50,000-200,000 inhabitants. In accordance with Svenska Kommunförbundet [56].
^c = How many individuals do you know and have contact with and with whom you share the same interests?
^d = Physical functioning level according to SF-12 Physical Component Study.
^e = General Health Questionnaire-12.
^f = Mental functioning level according to SF-12 Mental Component Study.
^g = Centre of Epidemiological Studies - Depression scale.
^h = Shirom Melamed Burnout Questionnaire.
^I = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).

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