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Table 3 Association of working poverty with psychological well-being: Full sample and sex-stratified results

From: The effects of economic deprivation on psychological well-being among the working population of Switzerland

Variable

Full Sample (N = 5453)

Full Sample With Interactions

Women (N = 2773)

Men (N = 2680)

Working Poverty

    

   Financially deficient (FD)

-.01 (.08)

-.01 (.08)

-.03 (.15)

.01 (.10)

   Restricted standard of living (RSL)

.63 (.09)***

.19 (.27)

.71 (.14)***

.46 (.13)***

   Both FD & RSL

.21 (.13)

.21 (.14)

.18 (.20)

.18 (.21)

   Working non-poor

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Interactions

    

   RSL × Married

--

-.21 (.21)

--

--

   RSL × Divorced

--

.04 (.27)

--

--

   RSL × Full-time

--

.41 (.22)

--

--

   RSL × Female

--

.52 (.23)*

--

--

Adjustment Variables

    

   Age

-.003 (.002)

-.003 (.003)

-.004 (.004)

-.002 (.003)

   Female Sex

.40 (.05)***

.35 (.06)***

--

--

   Education (apprentice or more)

-.10 (.04)*

-.10 (.04)*

-.10 (.06)

-.11 (.06)

   Married

-.31 (.06)***

-.29 (.06)***

-.42 (.09)***

-.16 (.07)*

   Divorced

.14 (.09)

.13 (.09)

.12 (.13)

.15 (.14)

   Single

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   German

-.68 (.11)***

-.68 (.12)***

-.72 (.18)***

-.63 (.16)***

   French

-.24 (.12)*

-.24 (.13)

-.18 (.19)

-.31 (.17)

   Italian

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   Full-time

-.26 (.05)***

-.29 (.05)***

-.24 (.08)**

-.48 (.09)***

   Self-employed

-.004 (.07)

-.004 (.07)

.19 (.11)

-.15 (.08)

   Professional

.08 (.09)

.08 (.09)

-.12 (.17)

.17 (.11)

   Clerical

.01 (.09)

.01 (.09)

-.20 (.16)

.27 (.13)*

   Service

-.004 (.08)

-.01 (.09)

-.13 (.14)

.04 (.13)

   Other

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   Risk of unemployment

.10 (.01)***

.10 (.01)***

.09 (.01)***

.10 (.01)***

   Treimans Prestige Scale

-.002 (.002)

-.002 (.002)

-.001 (.004)

-.002 (.003)

   Health (healthy/very healthy)

-1.24 (.07)***

-1.23 (.08)***

-1.45 (.10)***

-.93 (.11)***

Intercept

3.15 (.23)***

3.20 (.24)***

3.97 (.35)***

2.82 (.33)***

  1. Table values represent estimated coefficient (standard error). *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001. All model specifications were adjusted for time.