The association between non-standard employment, job insecurity and health among British adults with and without intellectual impairments: Cohort study.

ABSTRACT: We sought to investigate the association between employment conditions and health among working age British adults with and without intellectual impairments. Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study, we undertook a series of cross sectional analyses of the association between employment conditions and health (self-reported general health, mental health) among British adults with and without intellectual impairments at ages 30, 34 and 42. Our results indicated that: (1) British adults with intellectual impairments were more likely than their peers to be exposed to non-standard employment conditions and experience job insecurity; (2) in both groups exposure was typically associated with poorer health; (3) British adults with intellectual impairments in non-standard employment conditions

SUBMITTER: Emerson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814362 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature