Re-employment, job quality, health and allostatic load biomarkers: prospective evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is little evidence on whether becoming re-employed in poor quality work is better for health and well-being than remaining unemployed. We examined associations of job transition with health and chronic stress-related biomarkers among a population-representative cohort of unemployed British adults.

Methods

A prospective cohort of 1116 eligible participants aged 35 to 75 years, who were unemployed at wave 1 (2009/10) of the UK Household Longitudinal Study, were followed up at waves 2 (2010/11) and 3 (2011/12) for allostatic load biomarkers and self-reported health. Negative binomial and multiple regression models estimated the association between job adversity and these outcomes.

Results

Compared with adults who remained unemployed, formerly unemployed

SUBMITTER: Chandola T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837779 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature