Lee Yoon G, Teng Hsun-Mei, Lim Sin-How, Gallo William T
Utah State University, 2905 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322-2905, USA, Telephone: (435) 797-1555m, , E-mail:
Hallym Int J Aging HIJA. 2005;7(2):95-113. doi: 10.2190/1276-6122-80w6-7r47.
With data from the 2000 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the purpose of this study was to provide a profile of older workers who live poverty, and to compare the demographic, financial, employment, and health attributes of such individuals to similar persons not living in poverty. This study found that 3.5% of employed individuals between the ages of 51 and 61 belonged to the class of working poor. The results of the multivariate logistic regression analyses indicated that the older working poor were more likely to be non-White, less educated, non-married, and had lower levels of net worth than the working non-poor. They were more likely to be employed part time and were less likely to be covered by employee-sponsored health insurance.
利用2000年健康与退休研究（HRS）的数据，本研究旨在描绘生活贫困的老年劳动者的概况，并将这类人与非贫困的类似人群在人口统计学、财务、就业和健康特征方面进行比较。本研究发现，年龄在51岁至61岁之间的就业人员中有3.5%属于在职贫困人口。多变量逻辑回归分析结果表明，与非贫困在职人员相比，贫困老年劳动者更有可能是非白人、受教育程度较低、未婚且净资产水平较低。他们更有可能从事兼职工作，且不太可能享有雇主提供的医疗保险。
