Table 3 Effect size estimates and 95% credible intervals for labour force status and ‘peri-natal’ status on the number of GP visits per year, adjusted for age-period-cohort effects and within-person effects. Four models were fitted independently to men and women in the ‘birth’ and ‘kinder’ groups

Women

(33652 person-years / 2661 parents)

(32646 person-years / 2590 parents)

Peri-natal

1.03

1.01

1.05

1.09

1.06

1.12

Not in labour force

1.01

1.00

1.03

1.04

1.02

1.06

Unemployed

1.05

1.01

1.09

1.03

0.99

1.07

Men

(19107 person-years / 1570 parents)

(17677 person-years / 1436 parents)

Not in labour force

1.12

1.06

1.18

1.11

1.05

1.18

Unemployed

1.02

0.95

1.11

0.95

0.88

1.03