Erosion of Traditional Employment: Impact on Health and Economic Well-being.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study was to describe growth of alternative and contingent employment and the impacts of these changes in State of California.

Methods

We administered surveys to random samples of population of the State in 1999-2000 and 2022-2023 to compare the frequency of kinds of work, working conditions, economic well-being, and health status in the two dyads of years.

Results

Between 1999-2000 and 2022-2023, decreasing fractions of the population of the State work full-time/full-year; report regular shifts, jobs with long tenures, and upward mobility in their careers, while increasing fractions report fair or poor health and financial strain.

Conclusions

Employment changes are associated with a worsening in the health status and economic well-bein

SUBMITTER: Yelin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12354229 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature