Table 1 GHQ by Labor Status

From: The unhappily unemployed return to work faster

Labor Status	Mean GHQ	Std. dev	Observations	p10	p25	p50	% low GHQ
Self-employed	10,5	2,6	14711	7	10	12	11
Employed	10,4	2,7	107587	6	10	12	13
Unemployed	9,1	3,6	7479	3	7	11	25
Total	10,1	3,0	182430	5	9	12	20

Source: BHPS, waves 1–16. Total includes all individuals who are out of the labor force. “Low SWB” is defined as lower than a score of 8. Means tests confirm that average SWB is different for unemployed and the other two labor categories, at the 1% level.

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