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

Table 3 Odds ratios from PLUM-ordinal regressions relating IMHS at 43 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	1.99***	1.43–2.74			1.77***	1.26–2.48	1.71**	1.20–2.43
Youth programs 18–21 (no exp. ref.)
Yes			1.41**	1.13–1.65	1.30*	1.01–1.66	1.23	0.93–1.63
IMHS at age 16	1.32***	1.23–1.43	1.32***	1.23–1.43	1.32***	1.23–1.43	1.26***	1.15–1.38
Pseudo R-square
Cox and Snell	0.06		0.05		0.06		0.09
Nagelkerke	0.06		0.06		0.07		0.09

^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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