Proportion (%) of individuals exposed to potential explanatory variables in groups with different labour market experiences
| Explanatory variables | Cohort | ||||
| Stably employed and included in the analysis (n = 37798)* | Not included in the analysis (n = 9171) | ||||
| Not unemployed 1992–4 (n = 32388) | Unemployed 1–89 days 1992–4 (n = 1147) | Unemployed >89 days 1992–4 (n = 4263) | Not stably employed 1990–1 (n = 7794) | Not alive 1995 (n = 1377) | |
| Crowded housing during upbringing 1960 | 18.7 | 22.8 | 25.4 | 23.1 | 24.8 |
| Father manual worker 1960 | 53.4 | 58.4 | 61.3 | 54.9 | 57.5 |
| Risk use of alcohol 1969 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 26.2 |
| Smoking 1969 | 44.1 | 51.3 | 55.1 | 55.7 | 59.2 |
| Psychiatric diagnosis at conscription 1969 | 9.70 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 20.7 | 23.8 |
| Low emotional control 1969 | 26.7 | 30.6 | 33.5 | 40.8 | 44.4 |
| Contact with police or childcare authorities 1969 | 25.0 | 31.1 | 35.8 | 38.5 | 45.0 |
| Psychiatric diagnosis 1973–91 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 17.0 | 30.9 |
| Manual worker 1990 | 40.3 | 55.1 | 60.1 | ||
| Basic education up to 9 years 1990 | 23.0 | 32.2 | 34.4 | ||
| Lowest quintile of obtained income 1990–1 | 17.9 | 28.9 | 33.8 | ||
| Sickness absence >24 500 1990–1 | 8.3 | 15.3 | 21.7 | ||
*A total of 2352 were excluded because of incomplete data.