Mental illness, drinking, and the social division and structure of labor in the United States: 2003-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We draw on a relational theoretical perspective to investigate how the social division and structure of labor are associated with serious and moderate mental illness and binge and heavy drinking.

Methods

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Occupational Information Network were linked to explore how occupation, the productivity-to-pay gap, unemployment, the gendered division of domestic labor, and factor-analytic and theory-derived dimensions of work are related to mental illness and drinking outcomes.

Results

Occupations involving manual labor and customer interaction, entertainment, sales, or other service-oriented labor were associated with increased odds of mental illness and drinking outcomes. Looking for work, more hours of housework, and a high

SUBMITTER: Prins SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511991 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature