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Table 2 Anxiousness (score in the upper quartile) in the forties according to exposure to unemployment at age 21-25 during the boom in 1986-1990 (Cohort65) and during the recession in 1994-1998 (Cohort73)

From: Children of boom and recession and the scars to the mental health – a comparative study on the long term effects of youth unemployment

Exposure

Cohort65

Cohort73

 

Anxi

OR (1)

OR (2)

OR (3)

Anxi

OR (1)

OR (2)

OR (3)

Zero

21 %

1

1

1

17 %

1

1

1

Low

28 %

1.46 (0.95-2.24)

1.45 (0.94-2.24)

1.28 (0.82-1.99)

24 %

1.59 (1.01-2.50)

1.59 (1.01-2.51)

1.63 (1.01-2.62)

High

41 %

2.65 (1.81-3.88)

2.65 (1.80-3.92)

2.19 (1.46-3.30)

31 %

2.25 (1.45-3.47)

2.33 (1.50-3.63)

2.13 (1.33-3.39)

  1. (1) Unadjusted
  2. (2) Adjusted for sex
  3. (3) adjusted for (2) + baseline anxiousness + recent (last three year’s) unemployment at follow-up