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Table 3 Poverty risks for the three health/employment categories by country and year, odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusted for: age (model 1); age and gender (model 2); age, gender and educational level (model 3)

From: Trends in poverty risks among people with and without limiting-longstanding illness by employment status in Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom during the current economic recession – a comparative study

 

2005

2010

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

 

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

Sweden

            

  Healthy employed (ref)

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Employed with LLSI

1.0

(0.6-1.7)

1.1

(0.7-1.8)

1.2

(0.7-1.8)

1.2

(0.8-1.8)

1.2

(0.8-1.9)

1.2

(0.8-1.8)

  Non-employed with LLSI

3.6

(2.4-5.2)

3.8

(2.6-5.5)

3.6

(2.5-5.4)

5.3

(3.8-7.5)

5.5

(3.9-7.8)

4.9

(3.5-7.0)

Denmark

            

  Healthy employed (ref)

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Employed with LLSI

1.9

(1.1-3.4)

1.9

(1.1-3.4)

1.9

(1.1-3.4)

1.5

(0.9-2.4)

1.5

(0.9-2.5)

1.6

(0.9-2.6)

  Non-employed with LLSI

4.2

(2.6-6.9)

4.2

(2.6-7.0)

3.8

(2.3-6.4)

3.8

(2.5-5.7)

3.9

(2.6-5.9)

4.0

(2.6-6.1)

UK

            

  Healthy employed (ref)

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

  Employed with LLSI

1.7

(1.4-2.1)

1.7

(1.4-2.1)

1.7

(1.3-2.1)

1.2

(0.9-1.6)

1.2

(0.9-1.6)

1.2

(0.9-1.6)

  Non-employed with LLSI

8.7

(7.5-10.1)

9.0

(7.7-10.4)

7.2

(6.1-8.4)

7.1

(6.0-8.4)

7.2

(6.0-8.5)

6.1

(5.0-7.3)

  1. Reference group, healthy employed people in each country.