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

Table 2 Correlations of outcome variables (MHI-5 and unemployment status) across 9 waves of HILDA data

Unemployment polychoric correlations across waves
Unemployed Wave 1	1.00
Unemployed Wave 2	0.66	1.00
Unemployed Wave 3	0.44	0.53	1.00
Unemployed Wave 4	0.37	0.37	0.57	1.00
Unemployed Wave 5	0.42	0.34	0.49	0.55	1.00
Unemployed Wave 6	0.35	0.40	0.50	0.48	0.60	1.00
Unemployed Wave 7	0.32	0.34	0.48	0.40	0.45	0.58	1.00
Unemployed Wave 8	0.29	0.39	0.46	0.45	0.52	0.60	0.65	1.00
Unemployed Wave 9	0.37	0.33	0.40	0.39	0.40	0.52	0.19	0.66	1.00
MHI-5 correlations across waves
MHI-5 Wave 1	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 2	0.59	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 3	0.54	0.62	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 4	0.54	0.57	0.65	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 5	0.51	0.53	0.59	0.64	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 6	0.52	0.55	0.60	0.59	0.65	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 7	0.49	0.55	0.59	0.58	0.62	0.67	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 8	0.49	0.54	0.57	0.58	0.60	0.64	0.66	1.00
MHI-5 Wave 9	0.50	0.53	0.54	0.55	0.56	0.60	0.61	0.66	1.00
	Unemployment
	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 3	Wave 4	Wave 5	Wave 6	Wave 7	Wave 8	Wave 9
MHI-5 Wave 1	−0.17	−0.22	−0.15	−0.25	−0.11	−0.20	−0.07	−0.09	−0.14
MHI-5 Wave 2	−0.09	−0.23	−0.14	−0.23	−0.16	−0.20	−0.13	−0.20	−0.07
MHI-5 Wave 3	−0.10	−0.21	−0.16	−0.24	−0.11	−0.22	−0.15	−0.17	−0.11
MHI-5 Wave 4	−0.13	−0.17	−0.10	−0.22	−0.15	−0.21	−0.12	−0.17	−0.04
MHI-5 Wave 5	−0.15	−0.22	−0.15	−0.17	−0.15	−0.22	−0.11	−0.17	−0.14
MHI-5 Wave 6	−0.11	−0.21	−0.12	−0.17	−0.13	−0.24	−0.17	−0.17	−0.11
MHI-5 Wave 7	−0.11	−0.16	−0.12	−0.22	−0.13	−0.20	−0.17	−0.15	−0.07
MHI-5 Wave 8	−0.13	−0.19	−0.10	−0.19	−0.12	−0.20	−0.13	−0.21	−0.06
MHI-5 Wave 9	−0.16	−0.20	−0.12	−0.17	−0.13	−0.17	−0.18	−0.16	−0.15

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