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Table 4 Poverty risks stratified by sex in the three health/employment categories, by country and year, odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusted for: age (model 1); age and educational level (model 2)

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 1

       Model 2

  

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

OR

95% Cl

Men

         

Sweden

         
 

Healthy employed (ref)

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 
 

Employed with LLSI

1.1

(0.6-2.1)

1.1

(0.5-2.0)

1.3

(0.7-2.5)

1.2

(0.6-2.4)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

2.8

(1.6-4.7)

2.4

(1.4-4.2)

5.3

(3.2-8.9)

4.9

(2.9-8.3)

Denmark

         
 

Healthy employed

0.5

(0.3-0.7)

0.5

(0.3-0.7)

0.7

(0.5-1.0)

0.7

(0.5-0.9)

 

Employed with LLSI

1.1

(0.5-2.5)

1.1

(0.4-2.5)

1.0

(0.5-2.1)

1.0

(0.5-2.0)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

3.2

(1.6-6.3)

2.9

(1.5-5.8)

2.3

(1.3-4.3)

2.1

(1.1-3.9)

UK

         
 

Healthy employed

1.3

(1.0-1.7)

1.3

(1.0-1.3)

1.0

(0.8-1.3)

1.0

(0.8-1.3)

 

Employed with LLSI

2.4

(1.7-3.5)

2.5

(1.7-2.5)

1.3

(0.8-2.0)

1.3

(0.8-2.1)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

14.1

(10.5-18.8)

12.2

(9.1-16.5)

8.7

(6.6-11.5)

7.4

(5.5-10.0)

Women

         

Sweden

         
 

Healthy, employed (ref)

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 
 

Employed with LLSI

1.0

(0.5-2.1)

1.0

(0.4-2.0)

1.1

(0.6-1.9)

1.0

(0.5-1.8)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

4.2

(2.5-7.0)

3.6

(2.1-6.0)

4.9

(3.1-7.6)

4.1

(2.6-6.5)

Denmark

         
 

Healthy employed

0.9

(0.6-1.4)

0.9

(0.6-1.3)

0.6

(0.4-0.9)

0.6

(0.4-0.8)

 

Employed with LLSI

1.6

(0.7-3.2)

1.4

(0.7-2.9)

0.9

(0.5-1.9)

0.9

(0.4-1.8)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

2.6

(1.3-4.9)

1.8

(0.9-3.6)

2.6

(1.6-4.3)

2.2

(1.3-3.6)

UK

         
 

Healthy employed

1.9

(1.4-2.7)

1.9

(1.3-2.6)

1.2

(0.9-1.5)

1.1

(0.9-1.5)

 

Employed with LLSI

2.9

(1.9-4.5)

2.8

(1.8-3.7)

1.4

(0.9-2.2)

1.3

(0.9-2.1)

 

Non-employed with LLSI

15.4

(10.9-21.6)

11.9

(8.4-16.8)

8.2

(6.2-10.8)

6.7

(5.0-9.0)

  1. Reference group, healthy employed Swedes.