Career path and current asthma, separately in men and women (univariate analysis)
| Men | Women | |||||
| With asthma | Without asthma | P value | With asthma | Without asthma | P value | |
| No of job periods (%) | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
| 1–2 | 36.4 | 39.6 | 39.3 | 42.4 | ||
| 3–4 | 33.7 | 32.7 | 33.3 | 32.5 | ||
| ≥5 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 25.1 | ||
| Total duration of employment (%) | 0.01 | <0.001 | ||||
| 1–9 years | 25.8 | 21.7 | 32.3 | 26.7 | ||
| 10–19 years | 30.2 | 24.9 | 32.6 | 29.1 | ||
| 20–29 years | 19.3 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 19.9 | ||
| ≥30 years | 24.7 | 34.4 | 19.9 | 24.3 | ||
| No of part-time jobs (%) | 0.1 | 0.4 | ||||
| 0 | 83.2 | 86.1 | 62.3 | 63.9 | ||
| ≥1 | 16.8 | 13.9 | 37.7 | 36.1 | ||
| No of unemployment-related periods of work interruption (%) | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||
| 0 | 83.7 | 84.5 | 81.8 | 81.1 | ||
| ≥1 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 18.2 | 18.9 | ||
| No of health-related periods of work interruption (%) | 0.06 | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 93.6 | 95.6 | 90.2 | 94.3 | ||
| ≥1 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 9.8 | 5.7 | ||
| Employment status at inclusion (%) | 0.01 | <0.001 | ||||
| Employed | 69.1 | 66.8 | 64.4 | 68.2 | ||
| Unemployed | 14.1 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 10.2 | ||
| Retired | 9.8 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 13.9 | ||
| Not working for health issues | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | ||
| Other (in training, no activity) | 3.5 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 6.0 | ||