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Table 2 Bivariate correlations between the theoretical models and different health outcomes.

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

 

Health outcome

 

Somatic symptoms

Depressive symptoms

Self-assessed health

Nervous problems

Model

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Economic depriv.

0.14**

0.16**

0.23**

0.29**

0.26**

0.17**

0.12**

0.19**

Lack of control

0.20**

0.14**

0.18**

0.17**

0.17**

0.15**

0.20**

0.12**

Locus of control

0.02

-0.01

0.05

0.04

0.10*

0.05

0.01

0.03

Stress

0.05

0.15**

-0.02

0.01

0.06

0.07

0.13**

0.01

Social support

-0.01

0.03

0.10*

0.03

-0.04

0.12**

0.07

0.08

Work involvem.

-0.10*

-0.01

-0.04

-0.05

-0.06

-0.07

-0.06

-0.06

Latent function

-0.12**

-0.03

-0.11*

-0.17**

-0.13**

-0.13**

-0.06

-0.14**

  1. * = significant at 0.05 level, ** = significant at 0.01 level, two-sided tests.