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Table 1 Characteristics of the HILDA sample used in the reported analyses

From: Mental health affects future employment as job loss affects mental health: findings from a longitudinal population study

Sociodemographics at Wave 1

  

Sex (male)

 

47.0%

Age (mean)

 

37.8 years

Partnered (married/de facto)

 

70.6%

Labour-force status

Employed

78.8% 4.2%

 

Unemployed

47.0%

 

Not in the labour force

17.0%

Outcome variables over time

  

Wave

Mean MHI-5

% unemployed

1

73.4

4.2

2

73.7

3.6

3

74.0

2.7

4

73.9

2.4

5

73.9

2.4

6

74.3

2.5

7

74.2

2.1

8

74.4

2.0

9

74.8

2.4

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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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