Sample description for the total sample and by mental health trajectories
| Age* | Total sample | Internalising problems | Externalising problems | |||||||
| (N=1004) | High-stable (N=225) | Moderate-stable (N=230) | Decreasing (N=293) | Low-stable (N=256) | High-stable (N=193) | Moderate-stable (N=292) | Decreasing (N=282) | Low-stable (N=237) | ||
| Outcome variable | ||||||||||
| Work role functioning (mean, SD) | 29 | |||||||||
| Total score (N=1004) | 85.5 (16.3) | 80.5 (17.1) | 86.2 (14.4) | 86.2 (16.2) | 88.5 (16.5) | 81.9 (16.6) | 84.0 (17.5) | 86.2 (15.9) | 89.5 (14.1) | |
| WSOD (N=1003) | 86.1 (18.1) | 80.4 (20.0) | 86.0 (17.4) | 87.3 (17.6) | 89.7 (16.4) | 81.6 (20.1) | 84.7 (19.6) | 87.3 (16.7) | 89.9 (15.1) | |
| PD (N=1004) | 90.3 (18.0) | 86.3 (19.4) | 91.3 (17.2) | 91.2 (17.8) | 92.0 (17.2) | 88.7 (19.0) | 88.7 (20.0) | 90.7 (17.4) | 93.5 (14.5) | |
| MSD (N=1004) | 81.3 (22.6) | 76.0 (24.0) | 81.3 (21.3) | 82.0 (21.8) | 85.0 (22.6) | 78.1 (23.6) | 79.1 (23.7) | 81.4 (22.4) | 86.3 (19.7) | |
| FD (N=1004) | 81.7 (23.8) | 76.3 (26.4) | 83.8 (21.1) | 81.4 (23.6) | 85.0 (23.3) | 77.0 (25.6) | 81.0 (24.2) | 82.1 (23.4) | 85.9 (21.4) | |
| Background variables | ||||||||||
| Sex (N, %) | 11 | |||||||||
| Male | 386 (38.4) | 49 (21.3) | 92 (40.0) | 91 (31.1) | 154 (60.2) | 83 (43.0) | 102 (34.9) | 116 (41.1) | 85 (35.9) | |
| Female | 618 (61.6) | 176 (78.2) | 138 (60.0) | 202 (68.9) | 102 (39.8) | 110 (57.0) | 190 (65.1) | 166 (58.9) | 152 (64.1) | |
| Age (mean, SD) | 29 | 28.9 (0.6) | 28.9 (0.6) | 29.0 (0.6) | 28.8 (0.6) | 29.0 (0.6) | 28.8 (0.6) | 28.9 (0.6) | 28.9 (0.6) | 29.0 (0.57) |
| Physical health (mean, SD)† | 26 | 3.2 (0.8) | 2.9 (0.8) | 3.2 (0.7) | 3.3 (0.7) | 3.5 (0.7) | 3.1 (0.7) | 3.1 (0.8) | 3.3 (0.8) | 3.4 (0.7) |
| Educational level (N, %) | 29 | |||||||||
| Low | 90 (9.0) | 25 (11.1) | 12 (5.2) | 27 (9.2) | 26 (10.2) | 26 (13.5) | 29 (9.9) | 19 (6.7) | 16 (6.8) | |
| Medium | 397 (39.5) | 102 (45.3) | 86 (37.4) | 124 (42.3) | 85 (33.2) | 87 (45.1) | 101 (34.6) | 125 (44.3) | 84 (35.4) | |
| High | 517 (51.5) | 98 (43.6) | 132 (57.4) | 142 (48.5) | 145 (56.6) | 80 (41.5) | 162 (55.5) | 138 (48.9) | 137 (57.8) | |
*Age at which variable was measured.
†Physical health scores range from 1 to 4.
FD, flexibility demands; MSD, mental and social demands; PD, physical demands; WSOD, work scheduling and output demands.