Factors affecting workforce participation and healthy worker biases in U.S. women and men.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate potential attenuation of healthy worker biases in populations in which healthy women of reproductive age opt out of the workforce to provide childcare.

Methods

We used 2013-2015 data from 120,928 U.S. women and men aged 22-44 years participating in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. We used logistic regression to estimate adjusted prevalence odds ratios (PORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between health and workforce nonparticipation.

Results

Women and men reporting poor health were more likely to be out of the workforce than individuals reporting excellent health (POR: 3.7, 95% CI: 3.2-4.2; POR: 6.7, 95% CI: 5.7-7.8, respectively), suggesting potential for healthy worker bias. For women (P < .001) but not men (P = .3

SUBMITTER: Johnson CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5836747 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature