Virtanen P, Liukkonen V, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M, Koskenvuo M
University of Tampere, Medical School, Finland.
Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Dec;32(6):1015-21. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyg319.
To explore health inequalities between six labour market groups ranging from permanent employees to the long-term unemployed receiving minimum daily allowance.
A sample of 15 468 employees or job seekers from a population survey. Their perceived health, diseases, and depression were measured.
Compared with permanent employees, the odds for poor health were highest among the unemployed with low incomes irrespective of adjustments, across all health indicators and in both men and women. High odds were also found among the less disadvantaged unemployed and the employed with atypical contracts, but not among fixed-term employees.
Rather than between the employed and the unemployed, it seems that health inequalities prevail across different labour market groups within the employed and the unemployed. Future studies should employ a more detailed classification of employment situation.
探讨从长期雇员到领取每日最低生活津贴的长期失业者这六个劳动力市场群体之间的健康不平等情况。
从一项人口调查中抽取了15468名雇员或求职者作为样本。对他们自我感知的健康状况、疾病情况和抑郁程度进行了测量。
与长期雇员相比,无论是否进行调整,在所有健康指标方面,低收入失业者的健康状况不佳几率在男性和女性中都是最高的。在处境稍好的失业者和签订非典型合同的就业者中也发现了高几率,但在固定期限雇员中未发现。
健康不平等似乎并非存在于就业者和失业者之间,而是在就业者和失业者内部的不同劳动力市场群体中普遍存在。未来的研究应采用更详细的就业状况分类。