Group of Evaluation of Health Determinants and Health Policies, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2019 Jun 1;41(2):259-267. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy114.
The objective of this study is to describe the prevalence of precarious employment in the European Union (EU) using a multidimensional approach, 8 years into the economic crisis (2014).
We use data from the Flash Eurobarometer 398 among salaried workers (n = 7702). We calculated the proportion and its 95% confidence intervals (CI 95%) for each of the precarious employment dimensions (not having the ability to exercise rights, vulnerability, disempowerment and temporariness), the prevalence of precarious employment (presenting at least one dimension) and the proportion of workers presenting one, two, three or four dimensions.
Two out of three workers had a precarious employment. The prevalence of precariousness was higher in Eastern (72.64%; CI 95%: 61.78; 81.34) than in Nordic European countries (51.17%; CI 95%: 44.30; 58.00). The most prevalent dimension was not having the ability to exercise rights (42.39%).
Precarious employment is an important social determinant of health. Therefore, the EU policy-makers should take into consideration the new forms of employment and legislate accordingly.
本研究旨在采用多维方法描述经济危机 8 年后（2014 年）欧盟（EU）不稳定就业的普遍情况。
我们使用 Flash Eurobarometer 398 中受薪工人的数据（n=7702）。我们计算了每个不稳定就业维度（无法行使权利、脆弱性、无权和临时性）的比例及其 95%置信区间（95%CI）、不稳定就业的流行率（至少存在一个维度）以及存在一个、两个、三个或四个维度的工人比例。
三分之二的工人就业不稳定。与北欧国家（51.17%；95%CI：44.30；58.00）相比，东欧国家（72.64%；95%CI：61.78；81.34）的不稳定率更高。最常见的维度是无法行使权利（42.39%）。
不稳定就业是健康的一个重要社会决定因素。因此，欧盟政策制定者应考虑新的就业形式并相应立法。
