Table 3 Childhood and adulthood psychological distress predicting work characteristics at 45 years: mean demands, latitude and job insecurity mean score scales†
Demands scaleLatitude scaleJob insecurity scale
βSE (95% CI)βSE (95% CI)βSE (95% CI)
Internalising
    NoRefRefRef
    Yes−0.048***0.010 (−0.67 to −0.28)−0.301***0.055 (−0.410 to −0.193)−0.008***0.002 (−0.013 to −0.004)
Number of
internalising problems
    0RefRefRef
    1−0.037***0.010 (−0.058 to −0.016)−0.236***0.049 (−0.334 to −0.139)−0.007***0.002 (−0.012 to −0.002)
    2−0.078***0.017 (−0.113 to −0.043)−0.497***0.101 (−0.696 to −0.297)−0.014*0.005 (−0.026 to −0.003)
    3−0.0990.072 (−0.242 to 0.43)−0.5530.350 (−0.124 to 0.133)−0.0150.012 (−0.038 to 0.008)
Malaise
    No malaise at 23RefRefRef
    Malaise at 23−0.0280.017 (−0.062 to 0.006)−0.0670.080 (−0.225 to 0.091)0.0010.003 (−0.003 to 0.007)
    No malaise at 33RefRefRef
    Malaise at 33−0.0290.016 (−0.061 to 0.002)−0.186*0.079 (−0.341 to −0.029)−0.0010.003 (−0.008 to 0.005)
  • Each model is adjusted for sex, marital status at 45 years, housing tenure at 42 years, long-standing illness at 45 years and qualifications at 33 years. SE, standard error.

  • Demands scale: a high score indicates high demands; latitude scale: a high score indicates high latitude; job insecurity scale: a high score indicates high job insecurity.

  • *p = 0.05, **p = 0.01, ***p<0.001.

  • †Individuals receive the mean scale score for their socioeconomic group at 42 years.