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Table 4 Adjusteda prevalence rate ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) for poorer health associated with detailed economic activity status for adults with and without intellectual impairments

From: The association between employment status and health among British adults with and without intellectual impairments: cross-sectional analyses of a cohort study

  

Employed

Unemployed

Education/Training

Ill/Disabled

At Home

Other

‘Poor’ or ‘fair’ self-rated health

Age 26

ID/BIF

1.00

3.30 (2.84–3.84)*

3.52 (3.03–4.09)*

3.80 (3.22–4.48)*

1.09 (0.77–1.56)

1.46 (0.63–3.39)

 

Others

1.00

4.79 (4.48–5.12)

4.71 (4.39–5.05)

5.31 (4.86–5.79)

0.92 (0.72–1.16)

0.68 (0.39–1.20)

Age 30

ID/BIF

1.00

2.67 (2.28–3.13)*

2.85 (2.45–3.32)*

3.09 (2.61–3.65)

1.85 (1.48–2.31)*

0.94 (0.34–2.65)

 

Others

1.00

3.21 (2.95–3.49)

3.73 (3.45–4.03)

3.77 (3.40–4.17)

1.47 (1.25–1.74)

1.67 (1.14–2.46)

Age 34

ID/BIF

1.00

3.18 (2.84–3.56)*

3.38 (3.03–3.76)*

3.33 (2.98–3.71)*

1.80 (1.53–2.12)

1.88 (1.16–3.06)

 

Others

1.00

4.48 (4.25–4.72)

4.79 (4.56–5.03)

4.86 (4.62–5.10)

2.06 (1.89–2.26)

2.01 (1.59–2.53)

Age 38

ID/BIF

1.00

3.51 (2.79–4.43)*

3.83 (3.09–4.74)*

4.43 (3.58–5.48)*

3.33 (2.55–4.33)

2.43 (1.13–5.21)

 

Others

1.00

4.70 (4.22–5.18)

5.49 (5.01–6.01)

6.66 (6.07–7.29)

3.08 (2.68–3.54)

2.07 (1.20–3.56)

Age 42

ID/BIF

1.00

2.41 (1.89–3.08)*

2.14 (1.77–2.59)*

2.64 (2.22–3.14)*

2.41 (1.96–2.97)

1.95 (0.87–4.40)

 

Others

1.00

3.20 (2.76–3.70)

2.91 (2.63–3.22)

3.76 (3.44–4.10)

2.74 (2.43–3.09)

2.12 (1.42–3.17)

Potential mental health problem

Age 26

ID/BIF

1.00

2.09 (1.76–2.48)

2.45 (2.07–2.89)

2.11 (1.69–2.63)*

1.29 (0.96–1.74)

0.96 (0.35–2.60)

 

Others

1.00

2.44 (2.24–2.67)

2.81 (2.57–3.08)

3.31 (2.90–3.78)

1.49 (1.25–1.77)

0.97 (0.60–1.56)

Age 30

ID/BIF

1.00

2.26 (1.87–2.74)*

2.40 (2.00–2.89)*

3.40 (2.82–4.09)*

1.84 (1.43–2.36)

1.54 (0.64–3.71)

 

Others

1.00

3.59 (3.26–3.94)

3.67 (3.35–4.02)

4.43 (3.97–4.94)

1.52 (1.29–1.80)

1.72 (1.14–2.61)

Age 34

ID/BIF

1.00

1.66 (1.33–2.08)

1.06 (0.85–1.33)*

1.72 (1.41–2.10)

1.31 (1.00–1.71)

1.44 (0.61–3.42)

 

Others

1.00

1.43 (1.24–1.64)

1.64 (1.47–1.82)

1.95 (1.75–2.17)

1.35 (1.17–1.56)

1.17 (0.76–1.80)

Age 42

ID/BIF

1.00

1.95 (1.53–2.48)

2.23 (1.89–2.62)

2.46 (2.11–2.87)

1.94 (1.59–2.36)

1.84 (0.95–3.86)

 

Others

1.00

2.17 (1.88–2.51)

2.56 (2.36–2.78)

2.70 (2.50–2.91)

2.00 (1.81–2.22)

1.56 (1.07–2.28)

  1. Notes: * significant interaction
  2. aadjusted for gender and ethnicity
  3. ID intellectual disability, BIF borderline intellectual functioning, FT full-time employment (reference), PT part-time employment, EI economically inactive