Table 3 Hazard ratios for unemployment with 95% confidence intervals

 Male

0.84 (0.71–1.00)

 Female

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 19–28

1.57 (1.27–1.94)

1.38 (1.09–1.74)

 29–37

1.14 (0.95–1.38)

1.09 (0.89–1.35)

 38–47

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 Primary

1.90 (1.45–2.48)

1.91 (1.44–2.52)

2.55 (0.76–8.59)

 Secondary

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 Higher education

0.87 (0.73–1.05)

0.95 (0.78–1.16)

1.05 (0.46–2.39)

 LBP

0.68 (0.55–0.85)

0.74 (0.59–0.93)

0.80 (0.63–1.02)

0.38 (0.17–0.87)

 NSP

0.83 (0.69–1.00)

0.85 (0.70–1.04)

0.90 (0.73–1.11)

0.92 (0.50–1.72)

 LBP & NSP

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 No

0.59 (0.47–0.73)

0.62 (0.49–0.78)

0.68 (0.55–0.83)

0.55 (0.27–1.10)

 Yes

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 Excellent

0.61 (0.42–0.88)

0.66 (0.45–0.97)

0.88 (0.58–1.34)

0.96 (0.22–4.25)

 Good

0.56 (0.40–0.80)

0.60 (0.41–0.86)

0.76 (0.51–1.13)

1.38 (0.35–5.44)

 Moderate

0.91 (0.63–1.30)

0.91 (0.62–1.32)

1.01 (0.67–1.50)

1.24 (0.33–4.74)

 Not good/Poor

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 None/low

1.09 (0.84–1.41)

1.08 (0.82–1.41)

0.72 (0.31–1.69)

 Moderate

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 High

1.08 (0.86–1.36)

1.06 (0.83–1.35)

1.17 (0.53–2.55)

 Vigourous

0.85 (0.63–1.14)

0.91 (0.67–1.23)

0.84 (0.31–2.25)

 No

0.96 (0.82–1.13)

0.99 (0.83–1.18)

0.82 (0.47–1.43)

 Yes

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 Job demands 1–4

0.95 (0.81–1.10)

0.91 (0.77–1.07)

0.87 (0.53–1.44)

 Job control 1–4

0.55 (0.48–0.63)

0.60 (0.52–0.69)

0.62 (0.52–0.72)

0.59 (0.34–1.02)

 Job support 1–4

0.70 (0.59–0.84)

0.69 (0.57–0.82)

0.85 (0.70–1.03)

0.88 (0.53–1.45)

 Low strain

0.50 (0.38–0.66)

0.52 (0.39–0.69)

0.58 (0.43–0.77)

0.47 (0.18–1.22)

 Passive

0.90 (0.70–1.17)

0.87 (0.66–1.14)

0.95 (0.72–1.25)

0.95 (0.32–2.87)

 Active

0.56 (0.44–0.71)

0.61 (0.47–0.79)

0.64 (0.49–0.84)

0.68 (0.28–1.67)

 Strain

0.71 (0.51–1.00)

0.68 (0.48–0.97)

0.75 (0.53–1.06)

0.91 (0.30–2.72)

 Iso-strain

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