Parental employment quality and the mental health and school performance of children and youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lower-quality employment, characterised by excessive or part-time hours, irregular schedules and inadequate earnings, is a key social determinant of health among adults. Research examining parental employment quality in relation to the mental health and school performance of children is lacking. The study objective was to measure the associations between parental employment quality and child mental health symptoms and school performance.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the cross-sectional 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Dependent variables were parent-reported child mental health symptoms and school performance. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to characterise employment status, hours, scheduling and earnings of parents. We used linear and multino

SUBMITTER: Fuller AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322398 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature