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Table 4 Stratified results for the effect of unemployment on health on Quality-Adjusted Life-Years (QALY) (n = 788)

From: Does unemployment contribute to poorer health-related quality of life among Swedish adults?

 

Risk differencea

Confidence interval

P-value

Gender

 Man (n = 337)

− 0.083

[− 0.16, − 0.01]

0.023

 Woman (n = 451)

−0.108

[−0.21, − 0.02]

0.017

Age

 20–34 years old (n = 165)

−0.126

[−0.21, − 0.06]

< 0.001

 35–49 years old (n = 271)c

− 0.112

[− 0.31, 0.04]

0.162

 50–64 years old (n = 352)c

− 0.055

[− 0.15, 0.02]

0.172

Education level

 Primary education (n = 82)c

−0.043

[−0.22, 0.09]

0.547

 Secondary education (n = 325)c

−0.123

[−0.31,0.02]

0.089

 University (n = 381)c

−0.078

[−0.14, − 0.02]

0.009

Marital status

 Single (n = 203)

−0.022

[−0.13, 0.06]

0.582

 Married (n = 585)

−0.109

[−0.19, − 0.04]

< 0.001

Previous healthb

 Poor (n = 198)

−0.244

[−0.37, − 0.12]

< 0.001

 Good (n = 590)

− 0.041

[− 0.11, 0.02]

0.188

  1. aThe risk difference presents the mean change in QALY due to unemployment
  2. bSelf-rated health five years ago
  3. cLogistic regression was used with fewer than the recommended 10 outcomes per variable for the least-occurring outcomes
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