The impact of economic recession on the association between youth unemployment and functional somatic symptoms in adulthood: a difference-in-difference analysis from Sweden

Table 2 Estimated impact of macroeconomic conditions on the association between youth occupational status and FSS in adulthood (β, 95 % Confidence interval)

	Pre-recession						Recession						DiD between recession and pre-recession
	Crude model			Full model			Crude model			Full model			Crude model	Full model
	Unemp	Emp	Diff^a	Unemp	Emp	Diff^a	Unemp	Emp	Diff^a	Unemp	Emp	Diff^a	DiD^b	DiD^b
Total sample (n=)	159	827		152	762		252	419		230	379		1657	1523
FSS	5.62	3.97	1.65***	5.33	4.06	1.27***	4.42	3.65	0.77***	3.74	3.45	0.30	−0.88**	−0.98**
Standard error	0.26	0.11		0.71	0.75		0.21	0.16		0.80	0.73
Men (n=)	84	426		81	391		129	208		120	188		847	780
FSS	5.61	3.38	2.23***	4.65	2.88	1.78***	3.81	3.04	0.78**	3.19	2.79	0.41	−1.45**	−1.37**
Standard error	0.31	0.14		0.80	0.64		0.25	0.20		0.72	0.64
Women (n=)	75	401		71	371		123	211		110	191		810	743
FSS	5.64	4.60	1.04**	3.85	3.15	0.69	5.06	4.26	0.80**	2.04	1.92	0.11	−0.24	−0.58
Standard error	0.41	0.18		1.12	1.12		0.32	0.24		1.12	1.14

*** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05
Full model adjusted for education, parents’ occupational class, smoking, FSS, living arrangement, income, doing what they want, outlook on the future and low cash margin
^aDifference in adulthood FSS between unemployed and employed youths within the pre-recession and the recession
^bDifference-in-difference in adulthood FSS between unemployed and employed youths in the recession and in the pre-recession

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