Donnelly Rachel
Vanderbilt University, United States.
SSM Popul Health. 2021 Nov 16;16:100967. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100967. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Precarious work has the potential to undermine workers' health and well-being, and linkages between precarious work and health may depend on contextual measures of unemployment. The present study uses data from the Current Population Survey (CPS; 2001-2019) to examine whether several characteristics of precarious work are associated with self-rated health, with attention to differences in these associations by occupation- and state-specific unemployment rates. Findings indicate that experiences of unemployment, part-time work, and poor work quality (limited social benefits and low wages) are associated with worse self-rated health for working women and men. Moreover, associations between some measures of precarious work and health are weaker at higher levels of occupation- and state-specific unemployment for men, but not for women. The present study points to precarious work as a chronic stressor for many workers that must be considered within broader economic contexts.
不稳定工作有可能损害工人的健康和福祉，不稳定工作与健康之间的联系可能取决于失业的背景指标。本研究使用当前人口调查（CPS；2001 - 2019年）的数据，来检验不稳定工作的几个特征是否与自评健康状况相关，并关注这些关联在职业和州特定失业率方面的差异。研究结果表明，失业经历、兼职工作以及工作质量差（社会福利有限和工资低）与在职男女较差的自评健康状况相关。此外，对于男性而言，在职业和州特定失业率较高的情况下，一些不稳定工作指标与健康之间的关联较弱，但对女性而言并非如此。本研究指出，不稳定工作是许多工人面临的一种慢性压力源，必须在更广泛的经济背景下加以考虑。
