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Table 1 Bivariate correlations between indicators for the different models proposed in the literature and unemployment load (in weeks).

From: Which theory is best? Explanatory models of the relationship between unemployment and health

Economic deprivation

0.24**

0.29**

Variables

Women

Men

Cash margin

0.27**

0.30**

Economic stress

0.20**

0.27**

Lack of control

0.21**

0.17

Lack of control

0.21**

0.17**

Locus of control

0.19**

0.16**

Locus of control

0.19**

0.16**

Stress model

-0.16**

-0.09

Somatic strain

-0.14**

-0.05

Psychological strain

-0.17**

-0.13*

Social support

-0.01

0.05

Avsi

-0.23**

-0.09*

Avat

0.22**

0.14**

Work involvement

-0.16**

-0.08*

Work involvement scale

-0.16**

-0.18**

Latent function model

-0.15**

-0.08*

Structured work

-0.16**

-0.10*

Unstructured work

0.01

0.11*

Social contact 1

-0.14**

-0.10*

Social contact 2

0.02

0.11*

Collective purposes

-0.37**

-0.29**

Status

-0.21**

-0.26**

Regular activity

-0.21**

-0.05

  1. Bold types indicate the correlation for the whole model. * = significant at 0.05 level, ** = significant at 0.01 level, two-sided tests.