The working disadvantaged: the role of age, job tenure and disability in precarious work.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Precarious work is an increasingly common characteristic of industrialized labor markets that can widen health inequities, especially among disadvantaged workforce segments. Study objectives are to compare precarious employment in workers with and without disabilities, and to examine the modifying effect of disability in the relationships between age, job tenure and precarious work.

Methods

Employed Canadians with (n = 901) and without disabilities (n = 901) were surveyed on exposure to precarious working conditions. Information on age and job tenure were collected from respondents along with sociodemographic, health and work context details. Multivariable logistic models examined the association between disability and precarious work. Also, multigroup probit mode

SUBMITTER: Jetha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature