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Table 4 Risk of being out of the labor force associated with chronic conditions, adjusting for sociodemographic, health and lifestyle factors, from multivariate log-Poisson regressions*
| Overall | Female | Male | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 62873 | N = 31263 | N = 31610 | |
| PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | PR (95% CI) | |
| Chronic condition | |||
| None | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Back problem and arthritis | 19.50 (14.90, 25.52)† | 17.32 (11.63, 25.79)† | 21.06 (14.80, 29.98)† |
| Back problem | 7.56 (5.75, 9.93)† | 6.54 (4.37, 9.78)† | 8.53 (5.97, 12.22)† |
| Arthritis | 8.26 (6.14, 11.11)† | 8.37 (5.49, 12.76)† | 7.49 (4.91, 11.43)† |
| Other chronic condition(s) | 5.72 (4.25, 7.70)† | 4.34 (2.86, 6.59)† | 7.13 (4.82, 10.55)† |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 0.92 (0.80, 1.05) | ||
| Age | |||
| 25-34 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 35-44 | 2.57 (1.89, 3.49)† | 2.22 (1.50, 3.28)† | 2.98 (1.79, 4.96)† |
| 45-54 | 3.84 (2.86, 5.15)† | 3.30 (2.25, 4.84)† | 4.34 (2.64, 7.13)† |
| 55-64 | 6.02 (4.35, 8.33)† | 4.59 (3.11, 6.78)† | 7.84 (4.66, 13.17)† |
| Education | |||
| Less than secondary grad | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Secondary grad | 0.54 (0.45, 0.65)† | 0.57 (0.44, 0.72)† | 0.52 (0.40, 0.67)† |
| Some post-secondary | 0.84 (0.66, 1.06) | 1.08 (0.80, 1.46) | 0.59 (0.40, 0.87)† |
| Post-secondary | 0.46 (0.40, 0.53)† | 0.45 (0.38, 0.54)† | 0.48 (0.39, 0.60)† |
| BMI | |||
| Underweight/normal | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Overweight | 0.90 (0.77, 1.05) | 1.02 (0.82, 1.27) | 0.78 (0.62, 0.97)† |
| Obese | 1.08 (0.94, 1.25) | 1.09 (0.90, 1.32) | 1.06 (0.85, 1.31) |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Current | 1.86 (1.59, 2.19)† | 1.98 (1.62, 2.41)† | 1.72 (1.31, 2.25)† |
| Former | 1.06 (0.91, 1.24) | 1.16 (0.94, 1.44) | 0.96 (0.74, 1.24) |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Non-drinker | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Regular | 0.32 (0.28, 0.38)† | 0.25 (0.20, 0.31)† | 0.41 (0.33, 0.50)† |
| Occasional | 0.65 (0.56, 0.75)† | 0.55 (0.46, 0.65)† | 0.82 (0.64, 1.04) |
| Physical activity | |||
| Active | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Moderately active | 1.05 (0.83, 1.32) | 1.13 (0.80, 1.60) | 0.99 (0.73, 1.34) |
| Inactive | 1.39 (1.14, 1.69)† | 1.40 (1.02, 1.92)† | 1.38 (1.05, 1.81)† |
| Living arrangement | |||
| Single, with/without others | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| With partner | 0.61 (0.54, 0.69)† | 0.74 (0.63, 0.86)† | 0.49 (0.41, 0.59)† |
| With children | 0.49 (0.40, 0.60)† | 0.52 (0.42, 0.65)† | 0.44 (0.32, 0.59)† |
| Other | 0.65 (0.51, 0.82)† | 0.59 (0.42, 0.83)† | 0.66 (0.46, 0.95)† |
