Table 6 Positive odds ratios (POR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for variables related to positive work ethics (WE), in three different models using QOL, SOC and subjective health as explanatory variables (n = 540).

Sex: female

1.60

1.06–2.44

1.88

1.21–2.93

1.65

1.08–2.51

Study programme: practical

1.22

0.81–1.84

1.23

0.80–1.89

1.17

0.78–1.77

Work experiences:

   negative

1.00

1.00

1.00

   neither/nor

1.11

0.46–2.72

1.04

0.42–2.56

1.16

0.48–2.82

   rather positive

2.05

0.88–4.81

1.76

0.75–4.16

2.18

0.94–5.09

   very positive

3.60

1.46–8.85

3.13

1.26–7.80

3.89

1.59–9.50

Spare time: very content

0.95

0.60–1.51

0.95

0.61–1.50

1.06

0.67–1.68

Support from a friend: very good

0.88

0.58–1.34

0.82

0.54–1.26

0.87

0.58–1.32

Possibilities to make own decisions about the future: very good

1.48

0.93–2.36

1.46

0.92–2.32

1.63

1.03–2.56

QOL:

   not good

1.00

   rather good

1.98

1.24–3.15

   very good

3.01

1.58–5.75

SOC:

   group 1, 25–50

1.00

   group 2, 51–59

1.73

1.02–2.94

   group 3, 60–68

2.24

1.26–3.96

   group 4, 69–91

4.25

2.21–8.16

Subjective health:

   not good

1.00

   good

1.76

1.12–2.78

   very good

2.06

1.12–3.79