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

Table 4 Odds ratios from PLUM-ordinal regressions relating IMHS at age 21 and 43 and exposure to different combinations of open unemployment or youth programs 18–21^a

	IMHS at age 21		IMHS at age 43
	Model2		Model 2
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Exposure to unemployment 18–21 (no exp. ref.)
Exposure to open unemployment 18–21	4.17***	2,29–7.61	2.29**	1.27–4.14
Exposure to youth programs 18–21	1.19	0.88–1.59	1,35*	1.01–1.85
Exposure to both forms 18–21	2.31***	1.51–3.49	2.07***	1.38–3.12
IMHS at age 16	1,49***	1.36–1.63	1.25***	0.15–0.37
Pseudo R-square
Cox and Snell	0,15		0.09
Nagelkerke	0.16		0.09

^a Covariates added in the models: 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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