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Table 3 Results of the multinomial logistic regression models: effects of pre-existing depression on job displacement during downsizing

From: Depressive symptoms as a cause and effect of job loss in men and women: evidence in the context of organisational downsizing from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health

Both sexes (N = 1658)

No (job displacement)

RRR (95 % CI)

p value

Level of depression at baseline:

   

 No depression (score <10)

1279 (136)

1 (ref.)

 

 Depression symptoms (score 10–16)

292 (42)

1.32 (0.88 to 1.95)

0.183

 Major depression (score 17–24)

87 (18)

1.93 (1.05 to 3.55)

0.035

Men (N= 866)

   

Level of depression at baseline:

   

 No depression (score <10)

698 (82)

1 (ref.)

 

 Depression symptoms (score 10–16)

138 (23)

1.41 (0.83 to 2.42)

0.208

 Major depression (score 17–24)

30 (7)

1.36 (0.47 to 3.93)

0.568

Women (N= 792)

   

Level of depression at baseline:

   

 No depression (score <10)

581 (54)

1 (ref.)

 

 Depression symptoms (score 10–16)

154 (19)

1.23 (0.68 to 2.25)

0.495

 Major depression (score 17–24)

57 (11)

2.18 (1.01 to 4.69)

0.046

  1. Note: Analysis includes victims (i.e. displaced workers) and survivors of layoffs during the Great Recession. Dependent variable: unemployed through downsizing. Reference outcome: survivors of layoffs. Analyses adjusted for: demographic covariates (age, gender, education and marital status), permanence of employment as of 2008, exposure to past downsizing (2006–2008), downsizing scale and long term sickness
  2. RRR relative risk ratios, 95 % CI 95 % confidence interval, No number of persons with the respective scores; job displacement: unemployed through downsizing