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Table 2 Characteristics of fixed-term employees who responded in the baseline and follow-up surveys and who did not respond in the follow-up survey, and odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for response at follow-up by the characteristic.

From: Sense of coherence and attrition during four-year follow-up in cohorts of permanent and non-permanent Finnish employees

 

Participants of baseline survey (n = 2194)

Respondents of follow-up survey (n = 1563)

Non-respondents to follow-up survey

   

Losta (n = 145)

Refused (n = 486)

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

OR (95% Cl)b

(%)

OR (95% Cl)b

Sense of coherence

      

   High

30

31

26

1

28

1

   Intermediate

49

50

46

1.02 (0.66–1.57)

48

0.93 (0.72–1.21)

   Low

21

19

28

0.68 (0.41–1.14)

24

0.69 (0.50–0.94)

Gender

      

   Men

18

16

17

1

25

1

   Women

82

84

83

1.02 (0.63–1.66)

75

1.68 (1.29–2.19)

Age group

      

   17 – 29

35

33

42

1

37

1

   30–49

54

55

52

1.43 (0.98–2.09)

54

1.07 (0.85–1.36)

   50–64

11

12

6

2.43 (1.16–5.09)

9

1.52 (1.02–2.27)

Occupational status

      

   Professionals

42

42

53

1

39

1

   Associate professionals

22

22

14

2.06(1.27–3.50)

23

0.87 (0.66–1.16)

   Clerks

10

10

9

1.29 (0.68–2.41)

10

0.99 (0.68–1.48)

   Manual workers

26

26

24

1.40 (0.89–2.17)

28

0.82 (0.62–1.07)

Self-rated health

      

   Good

83

83

79

1

84

1

   Poor

17

17

21

0.75 (0.47–1.19)

16

1.20 (0.88–1.63)

  1. a Among fixed-term employees those whose addresses were not found in the population register
  2. b Adjusted for age, sex, occupational status and baseline level of self-rated health