Table 2

Associations between SF-36 health attributes and employment type: dynamic correlated random effects panel data model

	Men		Women
	Coefficient	95% CI	Coefficient	95% CI
Physical functioning
Casual	0.55	−0.11 to 1.2	0.27	−0.26 to 0.8
Fixed term	−0.36	−0.91 to 0.19	0.19	−0.27 to 0.65
Role physical
Casual	1.15	0.09 to 2.2	1.79	0.79 to 2.8
Fixed term	0.68	−0.21 to 1.56	1.75	0.78 to 2.71
Bodily pain
Casual	0.37	−0.35 to 1.1	0.9	0.25 to 1.54
Fixed term	−0.14	−0.77 to 0.5	0.43	−0.18 to 1.04
General health
Casual	0.44	−0.07 to 0.96	0.41	−0.02 to 0.85
Fixed term	0	−0.45 to 0.44	0.07	−0.35 to 0.48
Vitality
Casual	0.53	−0.04 to 1.1	0.65	0.13 to 1.18
Fixed term	−0.02	−0.53 to 0.49	0.48	−0.02 to 0.99
Social functioning
Casual	1	0.28 to 1.73	0.58	−0.07 to 1.23
Fixed term	0.25	−0.37 to 0.87	0.83	0.2 to 1.47
Role emotional
Casual	1.81	0.73 to 2.89	1.24	0.24 to 2.24
Fixed term	0.47	−0.42 to 1.35	1.2	0.24 to 2.16
Mental health
Casual	0.38	−0.15 to 0.9	−0.04	−0.51 to 0.42
Fixed term	0.02	−0.42 to 0.46	0.17	−0.28 to 0.61

The regression coefficients indicate the magnitude of the mean difference on the 0–100 SF-36 scales between each category of worker and the reference group (permanent workers). Self-employment and ‘other’ employment are included as categories in the model but omitted from the table for presentational reasons.