Do open youth unemployment and youth programs leave the same mental health scars? - Evidence from a Swedish 27-year cohort study

Table 2 Odds ratios from PLUM-ordinal regressions relating IMHS at 21 and exposure to open unemployment or youth programs at 18–21

	Model 1		Model2		Model 3		Model 4^a
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Open unemployment 18–21 (no exp. ref.)
Yes	2.53***	1.82–3.52			2.53***	1.77–3.60	2.48***	1.57–3.60
Youth programs 18–21 (no exp. ref.)
Yes			1.24	0.97–1.59	1.01	0.78–1.31	0.95	0.72–1.26
IMHS at age 16	1.58***	1.45–1.72	1.58***	1.45–1.72	1.58***	1.45–1.72	1.46***	1.34–1.60
Pseudo R-square
Cox and Snell	0.12		0.10		0.12		0.15
Nagelkerke	0.13		0.11		0.13		0.16

^a Covariates added in model 4: Gender, long-term somatic health problems at 16, truancy at 16, parental social class at 16, parental employment at 16, living with both parents at 16, paternal health problems at 16
*** = p < 0.001. ** = p < 0.01. * = 0.05, OR = Odds Ratio, 95 % CI = 95 % Confidence Interval

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