How our longitudinal employment patterns might shape our health as we approach middle adulthood-US NLSY79 cohort.

ABSTRACT: Recent labor market transformations brought on by digital and technological advances, together with the rise of the service economy since the 1980s, have subjected more workers to precarious conditions, such as irregular work hours and low or unpredictable wages, threatening their economic well-being and health. This study advances our understanding of the critical role employment plays in our health by examining how employment patterns throughout our working lives, based on work schedules, may shape our health at age 50, paying particular attention to the moderating role of social position. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (NLSY79), which has collected 30+ years of longitudinal information, was used to examine how employment patterns starting at ages 22 (n ≈ 7,336) might be

SUBMITTER: Han WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10990189 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature